Women's health advocacy : rhetorical ingenuity for the 21st century /
Women's Health Activism brings together academic studies and personal narratives to demonstrate how women use a variety of arguments, forms of writing and communication strategies to affect change in a health system that is not only often difficult to participate in, but which can be actively h...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Women's Health Activism brings together academic studies and personal narratives to demonstrate how women use a variety of arguments, forms of writing and communication strategies to affect change in a health system that is not only often difficult to participate in, but which can be actively harmful. It explicates the concept of rhetorical ingenuity, the creation of rhetorical means for specific and technical, yet extremely personal, situations. At a time when women's health concerns are at the center of national debate, this rhetorical ingenuity provides means for women to uncover latent sources of oppression in women's health and medicine and to influence matters of research, funding, policy and everyday access to healthcare in the face of exclusion and disenfranchisement. This accessible collection will be inspiring reading for academics and students in health communication, medical humanities and women's studies, as well as to activists, patients and professionals. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780367192242 0367192241 9780367192259 036719225X |