Published: 2018-05-24
Editors' Introduction
Manifesting a Scholarly Dwelling Place in "RHM"
i–x
AbstractWith joy and gratitude, we present the first double issue of Rhetoric of Health & Medicine (RHM), the new...
Commentaries
A Short History of Mental Health Rhetoric Research (MHRR)
1–18
AbstractThis commentary traces, groups, and characterizes the significant body of work done in rhetoric and writing studies on mental health(care)...
An Interview with Dr. J. Fred Reynolds
AbstractIn issue 1.1–2 of RHM, Dr. J. Fred Reynolds, Professor of English at The City College of New York, contributes a research article...
Rhetoricians on Human Re-Making and the Projects of Genomics
19–36
AbstractOver the previous two decades, rhetoricians came to grips with the transition of genetics to genomics by employing rigorous analyses of public...
Research Articles
The Dangers of Magical Thinking: Situating Right To Try Laws, Patient Rights, and the Language of Advocacy
37–57
AbstractOn the surface, “right-to-try” laws claim to benefit seriously ill patients by expanding their access to experimental medications. I suggest...
Assistant Editors' Interview with Dr. Lisa DeTora of Hofstra University
AbstractIn issue 1.1 of RHM, Dr. Lisa DeTora, Assistant Professor and Director of STEM Writing at Hofstra University, contributes a research article...
Assessing Perspectivalism in Patient Participation: An Evaluation of FDA Patient and Consumer Representative Programs
58–89
AbstractRecent research in rhetoric of health and medicine (RHM) has worked to evaluate the effectiveness of patient inclusion initiatives in health...
Medico-Legal Collaboration Regarding the Sex Offender: Othering and Resistence
90–131
AbstractWe examined medico-legal collaboration regarding dangerous sex offenders where state legislators have adopted statutes that determine the...
The Self-Generating Language of Wellness and Natural Health
132–160
AbstractThis article extends Keränen’s (2010) application of the concept of autopoiesis, or self-generation, to rhetoric by examining how arguments...
Persuasion Briefs
When Patients Question Vaccines: Considering Vaccine Communication through a Material Rhetorical Approach
161–178
AbstractVaccinations are a notoriously difficult topic to discuss with patients, and efforts to persuade those who are most hesitant often fail. In this...
Assistant Editors' Interview with Dr. Heidi Lawrence of George Mason University
AbstractIn issue 1.1 of RHM, Dr. Heidi Lawrence, Assistant Professor in George Mason University’s Department of English, contributes a “persuasion...
From Hysteria to Hormones and Back Again: Centuries of Outrageous Remarks About Female Biology
179–192
AbstractIn this persuasion brief I suggest how rhetorical-historical insights into the scientific and medical discourses of female hormones are relevant...
Dialogues
A Dialogue with Medical Interpreters about Rhetoric, Culture, and Language
193–212
AbstractThrough conversations with medical interpreters who work in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this dialogue piece illustrates multiple ways that medical...