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Jasanoff, S.S. (1987). Contested boundaries in policy-relevant science. Social Studies of Science 17, 195-230.

In “Contested Boundaries,: Sheila Jasanoff explores different conceptualizations of the science-policy interface as articulated by a variety of scientific and policy institutions. Jasanoff uses the debate over the regulation formaldehyde …

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Wayne, B. (1989). Sheepfarming after Chernobyl. Environment, 31(2), 10-39.

In “Sheepfarming after Chernobyl,” Brian Wayne explores communicaitons problems between scientists, government officials, and sheepfarmers in Cumbria, UK following Chernobyl. In the aftermath of the Chernobyl incident, radioactive isotopes rained …

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Waddell, C. (1990). The role of pathos in the decision-making process: A study in the rhetoric of science policy. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 76, 381-400.

In “The Role of Pathos,” (reprinted in Harris’ Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science Case Studies, 1997), Craig Waddell explores the 1976 debate surrounding whether or not recombinant DNA (rDNA) …

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Segal, J. Z. (1993). Strategies of influence in medical authorship. Social Science and Medicine, 37(4), 521-530.

In “Strategies of Influence in Medical Authorship,” Judy Z. Segal explores the rhetoric of medical authorship through the lens of three Aristotelian canons, invention, style, and delivery. After a justification …

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Cali, D. D. & Estrada, C. (1999). The medical interview as rhetorical counterpart of the case presentation. Health Communication, 11(4), 355-373.

In “The Medical Interview as Rhetorical Counterpart of the Case Presentation,” Dennis Cali and Carlos Estrada conduct a “macrocommunication analysis” reviewing then-recent genre-studies of case presentations and medical interviews. The …

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Maynard, D. W. (2004). On predicating a diagnosis as an attribute of a person. Discourse Studies, 6(1),53-76.

Douglas Maynard’s “On Predicating a Diagnosis as an Attribute of a Person” explores, through conversational analysis, interactions between healthcare workers and patients at the time of diagnosis. Specifically, Maynard explores …

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