Argumentative Strategies

Week 2

Choose one of the following pro articles to review and discuss with your classmates. If you have a different pro article you would like to use, please discuss it with your professor in advance. All articles can be found in our library databases.

Topics	Pro-Position Articles
Patient Portals	Alpert, J.M., Krist, A.H., Aycock, R.A. & Kreps, G.L. (2017, March). Designing user-centric patient portals: Clinician and patients’ uses and gratifications (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Telemedicine Journal And E-Health: The Official Journal Of The American Telemedicine Association, 23 (3), 248-253.
Cosmetic Surgery	Jacono, A., Chastant, R.P. & Dibelius, G. (2016). Association of patient self-esteem with perceived outcome after face-lift surgery (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery, 18(1), 42-46.
Cost of Cancer	Newcomer, L. (2014, October). Myths and realities in cancer care: Another point of view. Health Affairs, 33(10), 1805-1807 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
Surrogacy	Jadva, V., Imrie, S. & Golombok, S. (2015, February). Surrogate mothers 10 years on: a longitudinal study of psychological well-being and relationships with the parents and child (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Human Reproduction, 30(2), 373-379.
Organ Donation	Ralph, A., Chapman, J.R., Gillis, J., Craig, J.C., Butow, P., Howard, K….Tong, A. (2014, April). Family perspectives on deceased organ donation: thematic synthesis of qualitative studies (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. American Journal Of Transplantation: Official Journal Of The American Society Of Transplantation And The American Society Of Transplant Surgeons, 14(4), 923-935.
Private Hospitalization	MacAllister, L., Bellanti, D. & Sakallaris, B.R. (2016). Exploring inpatients’ experiences of healing and healing spaces: A mixed methods study (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Journal Of Patient Experience, 3(4), 119-130. (Click on View Record in DOAJ to access full text.)
Workplace stress	Davenport, T.O. (2015). The good stress strategy: How managers can transform stress into fulfillment (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Employment Relations Today (Wiley), 42 (3), 9-20.

Part 2: Application
Evaluate how effective the article’s argument was using Toulmin’s model. Detail as many of the 6 components as possible:

1. Claim: What was the article’s main point? What’s the thesis?
2. Grounds: What kinds of evidence did the author use to support his/her argument? Provide an example.
3. Warrants: Did the author(s) successfully connect the evidence to the main point? How so?
4. Backing: How credible were the sources the author(s) applied? How does credulity affect your overall response?
5. Qualifiers: Did you notice any absolutes (all, every, each) or limiters (some, several, many)? How did they add or subtract from the argument?
6. Rebuttal: Did the author(s) present any points of opposition and counterarguments? How did it influence your reaction?

Note: If a section is missing completely from an article, spend of time discussing how its absence affects the overall success of the argument.

How will you apply a similar approach in your pro-position papers? Based on this assessment, what must include and what can you avoid in your own argument development?

Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Here, we have an opportunity to compare research notes with our fellow peers.

• Did your peers discover something you missed?
• Do you agree with the stance in this article? If so, what other warrants or grounds might you add to validate the argument? If not, what qualifiers or rebuttals might you present to disprove the argument?

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