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| Contributors | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xv |
| Acknowledgments | p. xx |
| References | p. xxi |
| Conceptual Orientations To Disenfranchisement | p. 1 |
| Feminism and the Disenfranchised Listening Beyond the ""Other"" | p. 3 |
| References | p. 26 |
| What Counts as Real? A Constitutive View of Communication and the Disenfranchised in the Context of Health | p. 29 |
| References | p. 44 |
| Identities in Crisis Individualism, Disenfranchisement and the Self-Help Culture | p. 45 |
| References | p. 57 |
| The Reconstruction of Identity Strategies of the Oregon Citizens Alliance | p. 59 |
| References | p. 74 |
| Issues Related To Socioeconomic Status | p. 77 |
| Gimme Shelter The Communication of America's Homeless | p. 79 |
| References | p. 92 |
| Victims of the Franchise A Culturally Sensitive Model of Teaching Patient-Doctor Communication in the Inner City | p. 95 |
| References | p. 114 |
| A Research Agenda on Issues Affecting Poor and Minority Women A Model for Understanding Their Health Needs | p. 117 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 132 |
| References | p. 132 |
| Reaching the ""Unreachables"" Educating and Motivating Women Living in Poverty | p. 137 |
| References | p. 154 |
| Issues Related To Family | p. 157 |
| Silent Tragedy/Social Stigma Coping With the Pain of Infertility | p. 159 |
| References | p. 180 |
| Coping With Alienation Fear, and Isolation The Disenfranchisement of Adolescents With Cancer and Their Families | p. 185 |
| Acknowledgment | p. 204 |
| References | p. 205 |
| Divorce Mediation One Step Forward or Two Steps Back? | p. 209 |
| References | p. 217 |
| Institutionalized Elderly Interactive Implications of Long-Term Care | p. 219 |
| References | p. 228 |
| Issues Related To Abuse | p. 231 |
| Femist Approaches to Sexual Violence A Discursive Analysis | p. 233 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 269 |
| References | p. 270 |
| Challenging the Stigmatizing Messages: The Emerging Voices of Adult Survivors of Incest | p. 273 |
| References | p. 289 |
| Communication and Abused Women Empowering Their Voices and Exposing the Ideological Constraints | p. 293 |
| References | p. 311 |
| Discourse and Disenfranchisement Targets, Victims, and Survivors of Sexual Harassment | p. 313 |
| References | p. 326 |
| Issues Related To Health Concerns | p. 329 |
| Gay Men and Their Physicians Discourse and Disenfranchisement | p. 331 |
| References | p. 344 |
| Coping With HIV and AIDS The Social and Personal Challenges | p. 347 |
| References | p. 362 |
| HIVIAIDS, Women, and Threads of Discrimination: A Tapestry of Disenfranchisement | p. 365 |
| References | p. 382 |
| Allowing Dignity Communication With the Dying | p. 387 |
| References | p. 401 |
| Communicating With Alcoholics A Strategic Influence Approach to Personal Intervention | p. 405 |
| References | p. 427 |
| Supportive Structures for Persons With Disability Smoothing or Smothering the Way? | p. 433 |
| References | p. 445 |
| ""Persons First"" Expanding Communicative Choices by Persons With Disabilities | p. 449 |
| References | p. 462 |
| Author Index | p. 465 |
| Subject Index | p. 481 |
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