"Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In "Health Humanities Reader," editors The ..."
Imagining China(1st Edition) Rhetorics of Nationalism in an Age of Globalization (Rhetoric & Public Affairs) by Stephen John Hartnett, LisaB. Keränen, Donovan Conley Paperback, 502 Pages, Published 2017 by Michigan State University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61186-257-7, ISBN: 1-61186-257-4
"In Health Humanities Reader, editors Therese Jones, Delese Wear, and Lester D. Friedman have assembled fifty-four leading scholars, educators, artists, and clinicians to survey the rich body of work that has already emerged from the ..."
"Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In "Health Humanities Reader," editors The ..."
Scientific Characters(1st Edition) Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research (Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit) by LisaKeränen, John Louis Lucaites Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2010 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-1704-1, ISBN: 0-8173-1704-X
" Scientific Characters chronicles the contests over character, knowledge, trust, and truth in a politically charged scientific controversy that erupted after a 1994 Chicago Tribune headline: “Fraud in Breast Cancer Research: Doctor Lied on Data for Decade.” In the aftermath of this dramatic news, Dr. Bernard Fisher, the eminent oncologist and celebrated pioneer of breast cancer research, came under intense scrutiny following allegatio ..."
"From the editors: "This book began as a broad set of interests in the rhetoric of health and medicine. Between 2004 and 2007, the authors in this book met in various configurations at the National Communication Association, Rhetorical Society of America, and Society for Social Studies of Science conferences. The conversations there began to produce a set of questions that emerged time and again. We began to think of these as "rhetoric ..."