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Patient sense : rhetorical body work in the age of technology / Lillian Campbell.

Van Pelt Library HM636 .C36 2025
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Campbell, Lillian (Associate professor of English), author.
Series:
New directions in rhetoric and materiality
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Human body--Social aspects.
Human body.
Medical care--Technological innovations.
Medical care.
Simulated patients.
Virtual reality in medicine.
Physical Description:
vii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2025]
Summary:
"Introduces a theory of rhetorical body work and applies it to three sites where care is mediated by new health technologies-a nursing simulation lab, physical therapy lab, and virtual intensive care unit (VICU)-to show how providers' patient sense is maintained and transformed"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: The new healthcare landscape
Rhetorical body work
A feeling for the robot : embodying empathy in nursing simulations
More than a massage : body work as boundary-work in a physical therapy lab
Reaching through the screen : mediated body work in a virtual intensive care unit
Conclusion: Body matters for the future of healthcare and technology.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index.
ISBN:
9780814215913
0814215912
9780814259504
0814259502
OCLC:
1500415641

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