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100 1 a| Kruschek, Gina Lynn,e| author.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 10 a| "You have herpes. Now what?" :b| stigma in healthcare systems and disclosure rhetorics /c| by Gina Lynn Kruschek.;

264 1 a| [Greenville, N.C.] :b| [East Carolina University],c| 2019.;

300 a| 118 pages :b| illustrations (chiefly color);

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502 b| Ph.D.c| East Carolina Universityd| 2019.;

500 a| Presented to the faculty of the Department of English;

500 a| Advisor: Erin Frost;

500 a| Title from PDF t.p. (viewed April 30, 2020).;

520 3 a| Cultural beliefs about sexually transmitted infections, and herpes specifically, are rhetorically constructed and, crucially, the medical realities of such conditions do not often align with the socially constructed ones. This dissertation project explores how stigma and disclosure intersect with communication about sexual health between healthcare providers and their patients. Using a queer feminist methodology and a mixed methods approach, this research answers how healthcare providers are trained to communicate with patients about stigmatized conditions, how stigma impacts disclosure of sexually transmitted infection diagnoses, treatment information, and patient care, and what patients with sexually transmitted infections and technical communicators are doing and can do to intervene in the unjust rhetorical construction of sexually transmitted infections. Findings from semi-structured interviews with currently practicing healthcare providers suggest medical professionals lack access to robust communication training and often go without specific training on how to communicate with patients who have a stigmatized condition, which can have a negative effect on their interactions with patients. In response to this gap in communication and support, individuals with herpes have successfully created a community of both medical and experiential knowledge and support on the social media website tumblr, known as "herpblr." Ultimately, this dissertation theorizes disclosure rhetorics as the process that informs how humans determine who, when, and how they disclose potentially stigmatizing information about themselves to others, and provides avenues for technical communicators to intervene on behalf of both healthcare providers and patients.;

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"You have herpes. Now what?" : stigma in healthcare systems and disclosure rhetorics / by Gina Lynn Kruschek.

Author/creator	Kruschek, Gina Lynn author.
Other author	Clark, Erin (Erin A.) degree supervisor.
Other author	East Carolina University. Department of English.
Format	Theses and dissertations
Publication	[Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2019.
Description	118 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
Supplemental Content	Access via ScholarShip
Subjects	Sexually transmitted diseases--Social aspects. Sexually transmitted diseases--Psychology. Stigma (Social psychology) Medical personnel--Training. Queer theory. Social media.

Summary	Cultural beliefs about sexually transmitted infections, and herpes specifically, are rhetorically constructed and, crucially, the medical realities of such conditions do not often align with the socially constructed ones. This dissertation project explores how stigma and disclosure intersect with communication about sexual health between healthcare providers and their patients. Using a queer feminist methodology and a mixed methods approach, this research answers how healthcare providers are trained to communicate with patients about stigmatized conditions, how stigma impacts disclosure of sexually transmitted infection diagnoses, treatment information, and patient care, and what patients with sexually transmitted infections and technical communicators are doing and can do to intervene in the unjust rhetorical construction of sexually transmitted infections. Findings from semi-structured interviews with currently practicing healthcare providers suggest medical professionals lack access to robust communication training and often go without specific training on how to communicate with patients who have a stigmatized condition, which can have a negative effect on their interactions with patients. In response to this gap in communication and support, individuals with herpes have successfully created a community of both medical and experiential knowledge and support on the social media website tumblr, known as "herpblr." Ultimately, this dissertation theorizes disclosure rhetorics as the process that informs how humans determine who, when, and how they disclose potentially stigmatizing information about themselves to others, and provides avenues for technical communicators to intervene on behalf of both healthcare providers and patients.
General note	Presented to the faculty of the Department of English
General note	Advisor: Erin Frost
General note	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed April 30, 2020).
Dissertation note	Ph.D. East Carolina University 2019.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical details	System requirements: Adobe Reader.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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