Rhetorical Analysis on “The Cost of Appearance”
Among numerous of articles state the complicated relationship between the physicians and the patients, Arthur Frank explains thoroughly in his work "The cost of
Appearance." The author describes the ideal patient as " courageous,” “optimistic" which meets the society's satisfactory level. Unlike the ordinary papers describe the perfect patient, Frank has unveiled the different dimension of the patients by showing the patients' real emotions. His purpose is giving positive affections to the patients that will help them lead to recovery. He conducts several stories on how patients conceal their feelings without allowing people around them to recognize their illness, and the healthcare providers …show more content…
Even though the paper successfully implants logical reasoning and delivers emotional connection with the readers and uses dynamic verbal irony and parallelism, the one-sided argument from an ill person throughout all of the paper can weaken the author’s argument. Frank asks questions to the patients to emphasis his one-sided argument such as “Were we experiencing difficulties at work because of my illness?
Were we having any problems with our families? Were we getting support from them?”
The healthcare providers ask those reasonable questions to have better understanding ill persons’ emotional states, but not expect the patients hide their real reflection without a real answer. For healthcare providers, it is their responsibility to take good care of the patients, and hear only positive answers from the patients. As Frank describes “In the privacy of that room the nurses were vulnerable to the emotions we might have expressed, so they asked no ‘psychosocial’ questions.” and the healthcare providers are emotional human who also have the cognitive bias, therefore should only ask
Among numerous of articles state the complicated relationship between the physicians and the patients, Arthur Frank explains thoroughly in his work "The cost of
Appearance." The author describes the ideal patient as " courageous,” “optimistic" which meets the society's satisfactory level. Unlike the ordinary papers describe the perfect patient, Frank has unveiled the different dimension of the patients by showing the patients' real emotions. His purpose is giving positive affections to the patients that will help them lead to recovery. He conducts several stories on how patients conceal their feelings without allowing people around them to recognize their illness, and the healthcare providers …show more content…
Even though the paper successfully implants logical reasoning and delivers emotional connection with the readers and uses dynamic verbal irony and parallelism, the one-sided argument from an ill person throughout all of the paper can weaken the author’s argument. Frank asks questions to the patients to emphasis his one-sided argument such as “Were we experiencing difficulties at work because of my illness?
Were we having any problems with our families? Were we getting support from them?”
The healthcare providers ask those reasonable questions to have better understanding ill persons’ emotional states, but not expect the patients hide their real reflection without a real answer. For healthcare providers, it is their responsibility to take good care of the patients, and hear only positive answers from the patients. As Frank describes “In the privacy of that room the nurses were vulnerable to the emotions we might have expressed, so they asked no ‘psychosocial’ questions.” and the healthcare providers are emotional human who also have the cognitive bias, therefore should only ask