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Communication & Journalism - Patients Making Meaning (Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication)

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Book Synopsis: This 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. Combining 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. This 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.

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Are you a woman seeking empowerment and knowledge in matters of health? Look no further than Patients Making Meaning (Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication). This thought-provoking book delves into the ways in which women navigate through health flashpoints, such as new diagnoses or worsening conditions, and overcome fear, anxiety, and anger.

Written through a comprehensive combination of focus group research, content analysis, autoethnography, and textual inquiry, Patients Making Meaning presents a compelling case for the continuous process of creating and reshaping "patient epistemologies." It sheds light on how individuals are unexpectedly thrust into discourse communities, not by their own choice. This groundbreaking study highlights the importance of self-advocacy, research, and decision-making in the face of adversity.

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