title: Self-disclosing my ostomy to the dominant culture: an autoethnography.
abstract: Living with an ostomy is a major change to a person's body and poses difficult questions about how to disclose personal medical information to others. This autoethnography examines my time with an ostomy through the lens of co-cultural theory and sheds light on how people with ostomies communicate with the dominant culture, in this case people without ostomies. I discuss how my communication goals and approaches evolved over time.
authors.affiliation: College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA. Frohlich@gmail.com
authors.forename: Dennis Owen
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Frohlich
mesh_terms: D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D057218:Blogging; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000601:surgery; D003142:Communication; D004766:Enterostomy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration