The end of stigma? : changes in the social experience of long-term illness / Gill Green.
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MACHAKOS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Technical section | RC 108 .G75 2009 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 30749 |
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.
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