Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction
4. Argumentation in the healthcare domain 1
5. Argumentation and informed consent in the doctor–patient relationship 5
6. Institutional constraints on strategic maneuvering in shared medical decision-making 19
7. Reasonableness of a doctor’s argument by authority 33
8. Evaluating argumentative moves in medical consultations 51
9. Teaching argumentation theory to doctors 66
10. Direct-to-consumer advertisements for prescription drugs as an argumentative activity type 81
11. The strategic function of variants of pragmatic argumentation in health brochures 97
12. Argumentation and risk communication about genetic testing 113
13. “It is about our body, our own body!” 129
14. Name index 143
15. Subject index 145