Patients Making Meaning: Theorizing Sources of Information and Forms of Support in Women’s Health

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.

Bryna Siegel Finer is Professor of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she serves as the Director of Undergraduate Writing Programs. She is the co-editor of Writing Program Architecture (2017) and Women’s Health Advocacy (Routledge 2019).

Cathryn Molloy is Professor of Writing Studies in the University of Delaware’s English department. She is the author of Rhetorical Ethos in Health and Medicine: Patient Credibility, Stigma, and Misdiagnosis and is co-editor of the Rhetoric of Health and Medicine journal.

Jamie White-Fanham is Professor in the Writing Program at University of Wisconsin-Superior, where she serves as Director of Teaching & Learning. She is the co-editor of Writing Program Architecture and Women’s Health Advocacy.