Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Author "Kruschek, Gina Lynn"
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"You Have Herpes. Now What?": Stigma in Healthcare Systems and Disclosure Rhetorics
Kruschek, Gina Lynn (East Carolina University, 2019-12-12)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. ...