TY  - BOOK
AU  - Green,Gill
TI  - The end of stigma?: changes in the social experience of long-term illness 
SN  - 9780415376242 (hbk.)
AV  - RC108 .G75 2009
U1  - 306.4/61 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Chronic diseases
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Stigma (Social psychology)
KW  - Chronic Disease
KW  - psychology
KW  - Prejudice
KW  - Stereotyping
N1  - 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?
N2  - 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
ER  -