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The Patient Empowerment Paradox: Lyme Disease Rhetoric and Contested Health Literacies

The Patient Empowerment Paradox: Lyme Disease Rhetoric and Contested Health Literacies - Paperback

by Sarah Ann Singer
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sarah Ann SingerPublish date:2/19/2026Pages:276
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of South Carolina PressISBN-13:9781643366531ISBN-10:164336653XUPC:9781643366531Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:Rhetoric, Diseases & ConditionsBook Topic:Immune & AutoimmuneSize:8.60 x 5.80 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC9DND98DS

The Patient Empowerment Paradox: Lyme Disease Rhetoric and Contested Health Literacies

How chronic Lyme sheds new light on the rhetorical problem of patient empowerment

Modern medicine asks patients to be informed and empowered partners in their own care. However, when this care system fails to provide answers, many individuals with chronic and contested illnesses use these same skills of research and advocacy to take matters into their own hands. They seek treatment from providers...

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of South Carolina PressISBN-13:9781643366531ISBN-10:164336653XUPC:9781643366531Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:Rhetoric, Diseases & ConditionsBook Topic:Immune & AutoimmuneSize:8.60 x 5.80 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC9DND98DS

Sarah Ann Singer is associate professor of English at the University of Central Florida. She has published articles in journals, including College English and Rhetoric of Health and Medicine.


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