The end of stigma? : changes in the social experience of long term illness /
By: Green, Gill
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BookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.Description: xi, 156 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415376259Subject(s): Chronic diseases -- Social aspects | Stigma (Social psychology) | Chronic Disease -- psychology | Prejudice | StereotypingDDC classification: 306.4/61 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 306.461 GR EN (Browse shelf) | Available | T0046251 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-146) and index.
Challenging stigma -- Stigma : changing conceptual frameworks -- Technological, personal, and organizational challenges to stigma and exclusion -- The technological challenge to stigma : HIV and the advent of HAART -- The personal challenge to stigma : substance misuse and the construction of the moral self -- The organizational challenge to stigma: mental health services users 'reclaim Bedlam' -- Is the end of stigma associated with long-term conditions in sight?
Gill Green presents a timely contribution to understanding experiences of stigma. Centred on an analysis of a range of inter-related studies of illness and stigma, she examines the cases of HIV, multiple sclerosis and mental illness, including substance misuse, to provide new insights into stigma in health.