Green, Gill, 1956-

The end of stigma? : changes in the social experience of long term illness / Gill Green. - xi, 156 ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references 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?

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Chronic diseases--Social aspects
Stigma (Social psychology)
Prejudices
Stereotyping (Printing)
Chronic Disease--psychology

RC108 / .G75 2009

306.461