Prof. Sara Rubinelli, PhD
Professor of Health Sciences with a focus in Health Communication
T +41 41 229 56 33 • Alpenquai 4, Room 12 • sara.rubinelli@unilu.ch
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Sara Rubinelli holds a degree in Classics and Philosophy from the Catholic University of Milan (I) and a PhD from the University of Leeds (UK) in the areas of argumentation theory, persuasion and rhetoric. Since September 2009 she is Scientific Coordinator of the Human Functioning Unit at Swiss Paraplegic Research (CH) and leads there the Person-Centered Healthcare Group. Currently, she is Professor in Health Sciences with a focus in health communication at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine at the University of Lucerne. Her main research and teaching topics include: interpersonal communication, (health) behaviour change, social marketing and health campaigns, society in the information age, communication for education, empowerment and personal growth, professional communication and public speaking, philosophy of science and theories and models of health and well-being. Since September 2017 she is President of the European Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH).
Research
Her research interests circle around theories of health and healthcare; theories and practice of communication in health; person-centered healthcare; strategic and professional communication with a focus on rhetoric and argumentation theory; argument effects and persuasion; health advertising; semiotics; technology-enhanced health communication; critical thinking and communication skills in academic and professional curricula development.
Publications
- Rubinelli, S., Diviani, N., & Maddalena, F. (2023). La buona comunicazione. Pratiche per il dialogo quotidiano. Roma: Carocci.
- Rubinelli, S., Diviani, N., Fiordelli, M., & Zanini, C. (2022). Salute: il valore della scienza Prontuario contro la disinformazione. Rome: Iarocci.
- Rubinelli, S. (2021). WHO competency framework: Building a response workforce to manage infodemics. Geneva: World Health Organisation.
- Rubinelli, S., Diviani, N., & Fiordelli, M. (2020). Pensiero critico e disinformazione. Un problema contemporaneo. Roma: Carocci.
- Rubinelli, S., Diviani, N., & Fiordelli, M. (2020). Rubinelli, S., Diviani, N., & Fiordelli, M. (2020). Pensiero critico e disinformazione. Un problema contemporaneo. Rome: Iarocci.
- Rubinelli, S., Camerini, L., & Schulz, P. J. (2017). Comunicare è salutare. Milan: Apogeo.
- Rubinelli, S. (2009). Ars Topica: The classical technique of constructing arguments. Dordrecht/Cambridge: Springer.
- Cantoni, L., Di Blas, N., Rubinelli, S., & Tardini, S. (2008). Pensare e comunicare: Introduzione al critical thinking. Milano: Apogeo.
- Rubinelli, S., Häfliger, C., Fiordelli, M., Ort, A., & Diviani, N. (2023). Institutional crisis communication during the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland. A qualitative study of the experiences of representatives of public health organizations. Patient Education and Counseling, (114), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107813
- Acceptance of public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study of the Swiss population’s beliefs, attitudes, trust, and information-seeking behavior. (2023). International Journal of Public Health.
- Awareness, attitudes, and beliefs about palliative care: Results from a representative survey of the Italian-speaking Swiss population. (2023). PLoS One.
- Communication inequalities and health disparities in vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2023). BMC Public Health.
- Mapping of dietary interventions beneficial in the prevention of secondary health conditions in spinal cord injured population: a systematic review. (2023). The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging.
- Patients’ experiences with goal setting during initial rehabilitation after newly acquired spinal cord injury: A pilot qualitative interview study. (2023). Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2022.2095496
- Patients’ perception of hope in palliative care: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. (2023). Patient Education & Counseling.
- Quality of life from the patient perspective at the end of the first rehabilitation after the onset of spinal cord injury/disorder. A qualitative interview-based study. (2023). The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine.
- Relationship between secondary health conditions and life satisfaction in persons with spinal cord injury: study across twenty-one countries. (2023). Quality of Life Research.
- Strengthening adolescents’ critical health literacy and scientific literacy to tackle mis- and dis-information. A feasibility study in Switzerland. (2023). Frontiers in Public Health.
- Bickenbach, J., Rubinelli, S., Sabariego, C., & Stucki, G. (2023). The Learning Rehabilitation System: Strengthening an intersectoral strategy to improve functioning of an ageing population. Health Policy, 104866 ff. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104866
- Bickenbach, J., Rubinelli, S., Sabariego, C., & Stucki, G. (2023). The Learning Rehabilitation System: Strengthening an intersectoral strategy to improve functioning of an ageing population. Health Policy.
- Bickenbach, J., Rubinelli, S., Baffone, C., & Stucki, G. (2023). The human functioning revolution: implications for health system and sciences. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsci.2023.1118512
- A qualitative analysis of educational, professional and socio-cultural issues affecting interprofessional collaboration in oncology palliative care. (2022). Patient Education and Counseling. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2022.05.006
- Ort, A., Rohrbach, T., Diviani, N., & Rubinelli, S. (2022). Covering the crisis: Evolution of key topics and actors in COVID-19 news coverage in Switzerland. International Journal of Public Health, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1605240
- Factors influencing the integration of self-management in daily life routines in chronic conditions: A scoping review of qualitative evidence. (2022). BMJ Open.
- Health care professionals’ experiences with goal setting during initial rehabilitation after newly acquired spinal cord injury/ disorder – a qualitative focus group study. (2022). Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.982321
- It is time for health institutions to invest in persuasive communication to combat low quality information. A lesson learned from the Covid-19 infodemic. (2022). Frontiers in Communication. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.1006302
- Patients’ experiences with goal setting during initial rehabilitation after newly acquired spinal cord injury. A pilot qualitative interview study. (2022). Journal of Spinal Cord Injury. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2022.2095496
- Self-management of complex chronic conditions: Recommendations for qualitative health communication research. (2022). Qualitative Health Communication.
- Self-management of complex chronic conditions: Recommendations for qualitative health communication research. (2022). Qualitative Health Communication.
- WHO competency framework for health authorities and institutions to manage infodemics: its development and features. (2022). Human Resources for Health. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-022-00733-0
- Zanini, C., Amann, J., Brach, M., Gemperli, A., & Rubinelli, S. (2021). The challenges characterizing the lived experience of caregiving: A qualitative study in the field of spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 59 (5).
- Rubinelli, S., Ort, A., Zanini, C., Fiordelli, M., & Diviani, N. (2021). Strengthening critical health literacy for health information appraisal. An approach from argumentation theory. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (12). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136764
- Calleja N, A. A. (2021). A Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics: Methods and Results of the First WHO Infodemiology Conference. JMIR Infodemiology.
- Attitudes towards safe listening measures in entertainment venues: Results from an international survey among young venue-goers. (2021). International Journal of Environmental and Public Health Research.
- Tasiemski, T. (2021). Comparison of life satisfaction in persons with spinal cord injury living in 22 countries with different economic status. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
- Health professionals’ view on the role of hope and communication challenges with patients in palliative care: A systematic narrative review. (2021). Patient Education and Counseling.
- The challenges characterizing the lived experience of caregiving. A qualitative study in the field of spinal cord injury. (2021). Spinal Cord.
- Dorjbal, D., Zanini, C., Tsegmid, N., Stucki, G., & Rubinelli, S. (2021). Toward an optimization of rehabilitation services for persons with spinal cord injury in Mongolia: the perspective of medical doctors. Disabil Rehabil.
- Diviani, N., Zanini, C., Gemperli, A., & Rubinelli, S. (2020). An exploration of information seeking behavior among persons living with spinal cord injury in Switzerland. Spinal Cord.
- Zanini, C., Fiordelli, M., Amann, J., Brach, M., Gemperli, A., & Rubinelli, S. (2020). Coping strategies of family caregivers in spinal cord injury: A qualitative study. Disability and Rehabilitation. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2020.1764638
- Zanini, C., Brach, M., Lustenberger, N., Scheel-Sailer, A., Koch, H. G., Stucki, G., & Rubinelli, S. (2020). Engaging in the prevention of pressure injuries in spinal cord injury: A qualitative study of community-dwelling individuals’ different styles of prevention in Switzerland. J Spinal Cord Med, 2, 247 ff. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2018.1543094
- Diviani, N., Zanini, C., Jaks, R., Brach, M., Gemperli, A., & Rubinelli, S. (2020). Information seeking behavior and perceived health literacy of family caregivers of persons living with a chronic condition: The case of spinal cord injury in Switzerland. Patient Education and Counseling.
- Gemperli, A., Rubinelli, S., Zanini, C., Huang, J., Brach, M., & Pacheco Barzallo, D. P. (2020). Living situation of family caregivers of persons with spinal cord injury. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine.
- Dorjbal, D., Prodinger, B., Zanini, C., Avirmed, B., Stucki, G., & Rubinelli, S. (2020). Living with spinal cord injury in Mongolia: A qualitative study on perceived environmental barriers. J Spinal Cord Med, 4, 518 ff. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2019.1565707
- Zanini, C., Lustenberger, N., Essig, S., Gemperli, A., Brach, M., Stucki, G., … Scheel-Sailer, A. (2020). Outpatient and community care for preventing pressure injuries in spinal cord injury. A qualitative study of service users’ and providers’ experience. Spinal Cord, 8, 882 ff. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-020-0444-4
- Huang, J., Pacheco Barzallo, D. P., Rubinelli, S., Münzel, N., Brach, M., & Gemperli, A. (2020). Professional home care and the burden of care for family caregivers of people with spinal cord injury: a cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances.
- Fiordelli, M., Zanini, C., Amann, J., Scheel-Sailer, A., Brach, M., Stucki, G., & Rubinelli, S. (2020). Selecting Evidence-Based Content for Inclusion in Self-Management Apps for Pressure Injuries in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury: Participatory Design Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 5. https://doi.org/10.2196/15818
- Stucki, G., Rubinelli, S., & Bickenbach, J. (2020). We need an operationalisation, not a definition of health. Disabil Rehabil, 3, 442 ff. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2018.1503730
- Amati, M., Grignoli, N., Rubinelli, S., Amann, J., & Zanini, C. (2019). The role of hope for health professionals in rehabilitation: A qualitative study on unfavorable prognosis communication. PloS, (PloS One14(10): e0224394.).
- Diviani, N., Zanini, C., Amann, J., Chadha, S., Cieza, A., & Rubinelli, S. (2019). Awareness, attitudes, and beliefs about music-induced hearing loss: Towards the development of a health communication strategy to promote safe listening. Patient Education and Counseling, 102 (8).
- Rubinelli, S., Silverman, J., Aelbrecht, K., Deveugele, M., Finset, A., Humphris, G., … van Weel-Baumgarten, E. (2019). Developing the International Association for Communication in Healthcare. Patient Education and Counseling, (102(6)), 1217–1221.
- Huang, J., Pacheco Barzallo, D., Rubinelli, S., Münzel, N., Brach, M., & Gemperli, A. (2019). What influences the use of professional home care for individuals with spinal cord injury? A cross-sectional study on family caregivers. Spinal Cord, (57(11)), 924–932.
- Lustenberger, N. A., Prodinger, B., Dorjbal, D., Rubinelli, S., Schmitt, K., & Scheel-Sailer, A. (2019). Compiling standardized information from clinical practice: using content analysis and ICF Linking Rules in a goal-oriented youth rehabilitation program. Disability and Rehabilitation, (41(5)), 613–621.
- Diviani, N., Zanini, C., Amann, J., & Rubinelli, S. (2019). Awareness, Attitudes, and Beliefs about Music-Induced Hearing Loss: Towards the Development of a Health Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Listening. Patient Education and Counseling, 1506–1512.
- Zanini, C., Rubinelli, S., Lustenberger, N., Koch, H. G., Scheel-Sailer, A., & Brach, M. (2019). Challenges to building and maintaining partnership in the prevention and treatment of pressure injuries in spinal cord injury. A qualitative study of health professionals’ views. Swiss Medical Weekly. https://doi.org/doi: 10.4414
- Dorjbal, D., Prodinger, B., Zanini, C., Avirmed, B., Stucki, G., & Rubinelli, S. (2019). Living with spinal cord injury in Mongolia: a qualitative study on perceived environmental barriers. Journal of Spinal Cord Injury. https://doi.org/doi: 10.1080/10790268.2019.1565707
- Dorjbal, D., Zanini, C., Stucki, G., & Rubinelli, S. (2019). Toward an optimization of rehabilitation services for persons with spinal cord injury in Mongolia: The perspective of health professionals. Disability and Rehabilitation. https://doi.org/doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1696415
- Zanini, C., Brach, M., Lustenberger, N., Scheel-Sailer, A., Koch, H. G., Stucki, G., & Rubinelli, S. (2018). Engaging in the prevention of pressure injuries in spinal cord injury: A qualitative study of community-dwelling individuals’ different styles of prevention in Switzerland. J Spinal Cord Med, 1 ff. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2018.1543094
- Stucki, G., Rubinelli, S., & Bickenbach, J. (2018). We need an operationalisation, not a definition of health. Disabil Rehabil, 1 ff. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2018.1503730
- Rubinelli, S., & von Groote, P. (2017). Stakeholder dialogue as deliberation for decision making in health policy and systems. The approach from argumentation theory. American Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, (96 (2 Suppl. 1)), 17–22.
- Amann, J., & Rubinelli, S. (2017). Views of community managers on knowledge co-creation in online communities for people with disabilities. Journal of Medical Internet Research 19 (10): e320., (19 (10): e320.).
- Challenges and potential improvements in the admission process of patients with spinal cord injury in a specialized rehabilitation clinic - an interview based qualitative study of an interdisciplinary team. (2017). BMC Health Services Research, (17 (1)), 443.
- Healthcare teams as complex adaptive systems: focus on interpersonal interaction. (2017). Patient Education and Counseling, (100 (11)), 2028–2034.
- Bickenbach, J., Rubinelli, S., & Stucki, G. (2017). Being a person with disabilities or experiencing disability: Two perspectives on the social response to disability. J Rehabil Med, 543 ff.
- Lustenberger, N. A., Prodinger, B., Dorjbal, D., Rubinelli, S., Schmitt, K., & Scheel-Sailer, A. (2017). Compiling standardized information from clinical practice: using content analysis and ICF Linking Rules in a goal-oriented youth rehabilitation program. Disability and Rehabilitation.
- Amann, J., Brach, M., & Rubinelli, S. (2017). Healthcare professionals’ views on patient participation in designing healthcare services and products. A qualitative study in the field of spinal cord injury in Switzerland. Patient Education and Counseling.
- Boes, S., Brach, M., Kaufmann, C., Mantwill, S., Rubinelli, S., & Stucki, G. (2017). Swiss Learning Health System – Eine nationale Infrastruktur für ein lernendes Gesundheitssystem. Schweizerischen Ärztezeitung, 1264 ff.
- Betti, D., Zanini, C., & Rubinelli, S. (2017). “Easy ways to lose weight with pleasure”. An analysis of the selling arguments in online marketing of commercial diets. Argumentation in Context.
- Amann, J., & Rubinelli, S. (2016). What online user innovation communities can teach us about capturing the experiences of patients living with chronic health conditions: A Scoping Review. PlosOne, 11 (6).
- Rubinelli, S., Glässel, A., & Brach, M. (2016). From the person’s perspective: Perceived problems in functioning of individuals with spinal cord injury in Switzerland. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 48 (2), 235–243.
- Logos and pathos in Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A journey into the role of emotions in rational persuasion in rhetoric. (2016). Revue Internationale de Philosophie.
- Stucki, G., Rubinelli, S., Reinhardt, J., & Bickenbach, J. (2016). Towards a common understanding of the Health Sciences. Das Gensundheitswesen, 1 ff.
- Amann, J., Rubinelli, S., & Kreps, G. (2015). Revisiting the concept of health literacy: The patient as information seeker and provider. Bulletin of the European Health Psychology Society, 17 (6), 286–290.
- Rubinelli, S., & Zanini, C. (2015). Mèdias sociaux et santè. Gesundheitskompetenz in der Schweiz- Stand und Perspektiven, 10 (4), 75–77.
- Zanini, C., Sarzi-Puttini, P., Atzeni, F., Di Franco, M., & Rubinelli, S. (2015). Building bridges between doctors and patients: the design and pilot evaluation of a training session in argumentation for chronic pain experts. BMC Medical Education, (15), 89 ff. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-015-0374-6
- Covolo, L., Rubinelli, S., Ceretti, E., & Gelatti, U. (2015). Online direct-to-consumer genetic testing: a help or a hindrance? Journal of Medical Internet Research, 17 (12).
- Zanini, C., Maino, P., Möller, J. C., Gobbi, C., Raimondi, M., & Rubinelli, S. (2015). Enhancing clinical decision about care through a pre-consultation sheet that captures patients’ views on their health conditions and treatments: A qualitative study in the field of chronic pain. Patient Education and Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2015.11.029
- Rubinelli, S. (2014). Aristotle’s classification of topoi. Revue Internationale de Philosophie, (4), 433–445.
- Zanini, C., Sarzi-Puttini, P., Atzeni, F., Di Franco, M., & Rubinelli, S. (2014). Doctors’ insight into the patient perspective: A qualitative study in the field of chronic pain. Biomed Research International. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/514230
- Rubinelli, S., Escorpizo, R., & Stucki, G. (2014). La classificazione internazionale del funzionamento, della salute e della disabilità nel campo delle malattie muscoloscheletriche. Aggiornamenti SIMFER ICF, 23 ff.
- Rubinelli, S. (2013). Argumentation as rational persuasion in doctor-patient communication. Philosophy & Rhetoric, 46 (4), 550–569.
- Rubinelli, S. (2013). Rational versus unreasonable persuasion in doctor-patient communication: a normative account. Patient Education and Counseling, 92 (3), 296–301.
- Green, N., Rubinelli, S., Scott, D., & Visse, A. (2013). Health communication meets Artificial Intelligence. Patient Education and Counseling, 92 (2).
- Green, N., Rubinelli, S., Scott, D., & Visse, A. (2013). Health communication meets Artificial Intelligence. Patient Education and Counseling, 92 (2), 139–141.
- Rubinelli, S., & Bickenbach, J. (2013). Introduction: Dynamics of well-being. Topoi: An international Review of Philosophy, 32 (2), 135–136.
- Rubinelli, S., & Bickenbach, J. (2013). Patient Education and Counseling. Topoi: An international Review of Philosophy, 92 (2).
- Rubinelli, S., Labrie, N., & O’Keefe, D. (2013). The problem of premissary relevance in automated health advisors. Patient Education and Counseling, 92 (2), 218–222.
- Rubinelli, S., Collm, A., Glassel, A., Diesner, F., Kinast, J., Stucki, G., & Brach, M. (2013). Designing interactivity on consumer health websites: PARAFORUM for spinal cord injury. Patient Educ Couns, 459 ff. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2013.09.015
- Rubinelli, S. (2012). Argomentazione, tecnologie e salute: un’analisi critica dal campo della comunicazione sanitaria. Sistemi Intelligenti, 24 (3), 573–590.
- Rubinelli, S., & Malacrida, R. (2012). Medical Humanities: what they are, why they matter in oncology. Critical Review in Oncology and Hematology, 84 (2).
- Covolo, L., Rubinelli, S., Orizio, G., & Gelatti, U. (2012). Misuse (and abuse?) of the concept of empowerment: the case of online offer of predictive direct-to-consumer genetic tests. Journal of Public Health Research, 1 (1).
- Rubinelli, S., & Zanini, C. (2012). Teaching argumentation theory to doctors: Why and what. Argumentation in Context, 1 (1), 66–80.
- Zanini, C., & Rubinelli, S. (2012). Using argumentation theory to identify the communication challenges of shared decision-making when the doctor and the patient have a difference of opinion. Journal of Public Health Research, 2 (1).
- Atkinson, S., & Rubinelli, S. (2012). Narrative in cancer research and policy: voice, knowledge and context. Critical Review in Oncology and Hematology, 84, 11–16.
- Rubinelli, S., Fletzer, A., Giustini, A., Saraceni, V. M., & Stucki, G. (2012). Rehabilitation as an optimal health strategy for synergies towards implementing the World Report on Disability. Paths for dialogue with the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med, 347 ff.
- Assessing the Impact of Health Conditions using the ICF. (2011). Chin J Rehabil Theory Pract, 26 ff.
- Kostanjsek, N., Rubinelli, S., Escorpizo, R., Cieza, A., Kennedy, C., Selb, M., … Ustun, T. B. (2011). Assessing the impact of health conditions using the ICF. Disabil Rehabil, 1475 ff. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2010.527032
- Rubinelli, S., Wierda, R., Labrie, N., & O’Keefe, D. (2011). The problem of premissary relevance. Artificial Intelligence and Health Communication, 53–56.
- Schulz, P. J., Rubinelli, S., Caiata Zufferey, M., & Hartung, U. (2010). Coping with chronic lower back pain: Designing and Testing the online tool ONESELF. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 15 (4), 625–645.
- Rubinelli, S., Schulz, P., & Hartung, U. (2010). “Your risk is low because …”: Argument-driven online genetic counseling. Argument and Computation, 1 (3), 199–214.
- Orizio, G., Rubinelli, S., Schulz, P., Domenighini, S., Bressanelli, M., Caimi, L., & Gelatti, U. (2010). Save 30% if you buy today: Online pharmacies and the enhancement of peripheral thinking in consumers. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 19, 970–976.
- Orizio, G., Schulz, P., Domenighini, S., Bressanelli, M., Caimi, L., & Gelatti, U. (2010). The internet and health promotion: a content analysis of the official websites of Italian public health authorities. Journal of Medicine and the person.
- Rubinelli, S., Nakamoto, K., & Schulz, P. J. (2009). Health literacy beyond knowledge and behaviour. International Journal of Public Health, 54 (5), 307–311.
- Orizio, G., Schulz, P. J., Domenighini, S., Caimi, L., Rosati, C., Rubinelli, S., & Gelatti, U. (2009). A Cross-sectional study of online pharmacies characteristics. European Journal of Public Health, 19 (4), 375–377.
- Schulz, P. J., Rubinelli, S., Mariotti, G., & Keller, N. (2009). Meeting the ranging of informational needs of chronic law back pain sufferers. Disability and Rehabilitation, 31 (25), 2118–2124.
- Orizio, G., Schulz, P., Domenighini, S., Bressanelli, M., Rubinelli, S., Caimi, L., & Gelatti, U. (2009). Online consultations in cyberpharmacies: completeness and patient safety. Telemedicine and e-Health, 15 (10), 1022–1025.
- Schulz, P. J., & Rubinelli, S. (2008). Arguing ‘for’ the patient: Informed consent and strategic maneuvering in doctor-patient interaction. Argumentation, 22 (3), 423–432.
- Rubinelli, S., Nakamoto, K., & Schulz, P. J. (2008). The rabbit in the hat: dubious argumentation and the persuasive effects of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising of prescription medicines. Communication & Medicine, 5 (1), 49–58.
- Schulz, P. J., & Hartung, W. (2007). An internet based approach to enhance self-management of chronic low back pain in the Italian-speaking population of Switzerland: results from a pilot study. International Journal of Public Health, 52 (5), 286–294.
- Rubinelli, S. (2007). Comments on strategic manoeuvring with dissociationComments on strategic manoeuvring with dissociation. Argumentation, 20 (4), 489–493.
- Mackay, J., Schulz, P. J., Rubinelli, S., & Pithers, A. (2007). Online personal risk assessment: An argumentative challenge. ^Patient Education & Counseling, 67 (3), 261–266.
- Rubinelli, S., Schulz, P. J., & Vago, F. (2007). Designing and evaluating online communities for promoting self-management of chronic low back pain. International Journal of Web-Based Communities, 4 (1), 80–97.
- Rubinelli, S., & Schulz, P. J. (2006). Let me tell you why! When argumentation in doctor-patient interaction makes a difference. Argumentation, 20 (3), 353–375.
- Rubinelli, S. (2006). The rhetorical game: topoi and loci in action. Argumentation, 20 (3), 253–272.
- Rubinelli, S., Nakamoto, K., Schulz, P. J., & de Saussure, L. (2006). What are we to think about consumer advertising? A case-study in the field of misinterpreted argumentation. Studies in Communication Sciences, 6 (3), 337–348.
- Rubinelli, S. (2005). Ask your doctor: Argumentation in advertising of prescription medicaments. Studies in Communication Sciences, 5 (2), 75–98.
- Rubinelli, S. (2004). Images of disease in ancient Greek society. Culture and Text, Tomus, 20, 147–158.
- Rubinelli, S. (2003). Topoi e idia nella Retorica di Aristotele. Phronesis, 48 (3), 238–247.
- Rubinelli, S. (2002). The invention of the young Cicero. Classical Quarterly, 52 (2), 612–615.
- Rubinelli, S. (2002). Problemas the topoi en Aristotéles: notas sobre una hipótesis diacrónica. Anuario Filosofico, 35, 367–407.
- Lewis, M, Govender, E, & Holland, K (Eds.). (2022). Towards a framework of skills for health information appraisal by the general public: Insights from argumentation theory, and the cognitive and behavioural sciences. In Communicating COVID-19. London: Palgrave Macmillan Cham. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79735-5
- Rubinelli, S. (2017). Aristotle’s topoi and idia as a map of discourse. In L. Walsh & C. Boyle (Eds.) (Ed.), Topologies as Techniques for a Post-Critical Rhetoric Palgrave (pp. 17–30). _: Palgrave McMillan.
- Rubinelli, S. (2017). Rhetoric as a Civic Art from Antiquity to the Beginning of Modernity. In R. Wodak, & B. Forchtner (Ed.), Handbook of Discourse and Politics (pp. 17–29). _: Routledge.
- Rubinelli, S., & Amann, J. (2016). Critical health literacy through the lens of argumentation theory. In M. Danesi, & S. Greco (Eds.) (Ed.), Case Studies in Discourse Analysis (pp. 410–424). Munich: Lincom Europa.
- Rubinelli, S., Schulz, P. J., & Nakamoto, K. (2009). Health Literacy and the tailoring of Health Information: A dialogue between Communication and (IT) Technologies. In N. Green & D. Scott (Eds.), Virtual Healthcare Interaction (pp. 74–77). _: AAAI Press/The MIT.
- Rubinelli, S. (2009). L’uso aristotelico della topica nello sviluppo dei principi primi della scienza. In A. Cattani, P. Cantù & I. Testa (Eds.), La svolta argomentativa (pp. 57–67). Loffredo/Suadela: _.
- Schulz, P. J., & Rubinelli, S. (2006). Healthy arguments for literacy in health. In T. Bickmore & N. Green (Eds.), Argumentation for Consumers of Healthcare (pp. 86–95). _: AAAI Press/The MIT Press.
