Standardizing Genres in Biomedicine

Chad Wickman

doi:10.5744/rhm.2024.7302

Rhetoric of Health and Medicine Sep 2024 Open Access

Standardizing Genres in Biomedicine

Chad Wickman Auburn University

Abstract

Reporting guidelines have emerged in recent years as a critical site of deliberation and intervention for stakeholders in the biomedical community. These texts have historically been used to formulate standards for quality reporting and bring consistency to processes of writing and publication; they also operate as a space in which practitioners promote values, define expectations, and coordinate action in line with established standards and practices in the field. Drawing on scholarship in rhetoric and genre studies, this article examines how reporting guidelines contribute to the standardization of writing and publishing activity in biomedicine, functioning both as semi-procedural documents that take part in the “genre-ing” of published research and as public displays of and arguments for accountability that can be used to regulate the work of knowledge making over time. I conclude by discussing how rhetoricians might use reporting guidelines as a strategic locus for conceptualizing and potentially shaping research and writing activity in different areas of health and medicine.

Journal: Rhetoric of Health and Medicine
Published: 2024-09-18
DOI: 10.5744/rhm.2024.7302
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Topics: rhetorical criticism genre theory
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