{"product_id":"patients-making-meaning-theorizing-sources-of-information-and-forms-of-support-in-womens-health-paperback","title":"Patients Making Meaning: Theorizing Sources of Information and Forms of Support in Women's Health - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBryna Siegel Finer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCathryn Molloy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJamie White-Farnham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores how women make meaning at various health flashpoints in their lives, overcoming fear, anxiety, and anger to draw upon self-advocacy, research, and crucial decision-making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining focus group research, content analysis, autoethnography, and textual inquiry, the book argues that the making and remaking of what we call \"patient epistemologies\" is a continual process wherein a health flashpoint--sometimes a new diagnosis, sometimes a reoccurrence or worsening of an existing condition or the progression of a natural process--can cause an individual to be thrust into a discourse community that was not of their own choosing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study will interest students and scholars of health communication, rhetoric of health and medicine, women's studies, public health, healthcare policy, philosophy of medicine, medical sociology, and medical humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBryna Siegel Finer \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA, where she serves as the Director of Undergraduate Writing Programs. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWriting Program Architecture \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWomen's Health Advocacy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCathryn Molloy \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Writing Studies in the English department at the University of Delaware, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eRhetorical Ethos in Health and Medicine: Patient Credibility, Stigma, and Misdiagnosis \u003c\/i\u003eand is co-editor of the \u003ci\u003eRhetoric of Health and Medicine \u003c\/i\u003ejournal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJamie White-Farnham \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor in the Writing Program at University of Wisconsin-Superior, USA, where she serves as Director of Teaching \u0026amp; Learning. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWriting Program Architecture \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWomen's Health Advocacy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67688584347750,"sku":"9781032503967","price":59.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/FAN-6MmKTo9781032503967.webp?v=1791777103","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/patients-making-meaning-theorizing-sources-of-information-and-forms-of-support-in-womens-health-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}