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by Cathryn Molloy (Author)
This book explores rhetorical ethos and its ongoing role in patients' credibility and in misdiagnoses stemming from gender, race and class-based biases. Drawing on the concept of ethos as a theoretical framework, it explores health and mental illness across different conditions and across different methodological approaches.
Author Biography
Cathryn Molloy is Associate Professor in James Madison University's School of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication where she also serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies. Her work has appeared in College English, Rhetoric Review, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Qualitative Inquiry, and Technical Communication Quarterly.