Interactions between female patients with chronic pain and their medical providers in which
providers question or contest the “realness” or nature of their illness experience (eg “It's all in …

Social support during an ongoing illness has been shown to be beneficial for both the
provider and the receiver, but people often struggle with offering effective, appropriate …

Guided by normative rhetorical theory, this study utilizes thematic analysis to explore
narratives about sterilization consultations posted by childfree patients and medical …

Doubt is a common, yet challenging form of uncertainty to have about another's illness.
Although navigating illness uncertainty is a process of continual (re) appraisal and …

For people living with mental illness, support from social network members, including family,
romantic partners, and friends, is critical but often inadequate. However, robust theoretical …

Drawing on normative rhetorical theory (NRT), we examined communication dilemmas that
internal medicine residents (IMRs) experience when interacting with patients and responses …

Doubt that a family member's health issues are real, severe, or even possible entwines
some of the most challenging aspects of medical, personal, and social uncertainty. Although …

This study reports on the development and pilot testing of an emotional support provision
training intervention for interpersonal support providers to those with chronic illnesses …

Normative rhetorical theory (NRT, also called normative theory of social support;
Goldsmith,[(2004). Communicating social support. Cambridge University Press. https://doi …

This study extends psychological reactance theory (PRT) to family caregiving by exploring
autonomy-threatening messages adult child caregivers use to gain compliance from older …