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This chapter explores the communicative dimensions of health care work in midwifery from a rhetorical perspective. Like other authors in this book, I am interested in how contemporary concepts and practices of health information, communication, empowerment and expertise intersect with changing ideas about the non-material work expected of care recipients and providers. I take up these issues through a brief rhetorical analysis of ‘informed choice’ conversations in an Ontario midwifery practice.
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Spoel, P. (2010). The Rhetorical Work of Informed Choice in Midwifery: Situated Knowledges and the Negotiation of Health Care Decisions. In: Harris, R., Wathen, N., Wyatt, S. (eds) Configuring Health Consumers. Health, Technology and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230292543_5
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