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Title The stigma of disease and disability : understanding causes and overcoming injustices / edited by Patrick W. Corrigan.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, [2014]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK EBSCO    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 319 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Understanding stigma -- Mental illness stigma: Types, constructs, and vehicles for change -- The stigma of alcohol and other substance abuse -- Stigma in the field of intellectual disabilities: impact and initiatives for change -- Stigma related to physical and sensory disabilities -- HIV-related stigma -- Infectious diseases: A case study of leprosy-related stigma -- Cancer stigma The nature, consequences, and public health implications of obesity stigma -- Stigma associated with disease and disability during childhood and adolescence: a developmental approach -- Stigma and Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review of evidence, theory, and methods -- Stigma and family -- Overcoming stigma -- Stigma across cultures -- Afterword: A critical eye for stigma change.
Summary "Disease and disability strike with a double whammy: Not only do they cause pain, distress, and loss, but they also trigger a social reaction, and the prejudice and discrimination that often accompany illness can be as limiting as the condition itself. Health care providers have made great strides in understanding and treating diseases, and social scientists have likewise made advances in explaining a frequent corollary of illness, stigma. Partnering with advocacy groups, they have taken large first steps to address the impact of stigma. For some, the focus on stigma may take discussion of illness into a strange direction, beyond health and wellness into issues related to social opportunity. Stigma robs people labeled "ill" of their right to equal opportunity with respect to jobs, housing, health care, relationships, faith-based communities, friends, communities, and legal protections. The purpose of this book is to advance our scientific knowledge and to further the advocates' agenda. Stigma, prejudice, and discrimination seem to be the purview of racists, sexists, ageists, and other such angry groups. Stigma has been described as a public phenomenon (the kind of social distance, for example, that alienates the public from people with varied illnesses) and as a personal harm because of its impact on self-esteem and self-efficacy after the person internalizes it. Stigma has also been described in terms of label avoidance; the patient does not seek out treatment or drops out prematurely in order to escape the stigmatizing label of a condition. It occurs as an institutional and structural phenomenon, the kind that manifests as either purposeful or unintended laws and policies that unfairly restrict people with the disease"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).
Form Also issued in print.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement.
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Chronic diseases -- Psychological aspects.
Chronically ill -- Social aspects.
People with disabilities -- Public opinion.
Sociology of disability.
Chronic Disease -- psychology.
Disabled Persons.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Corrigan, Patrick W.
Other Form: Original (DLC) 2013022897
ISBN 9781433815836 (electronic bk.)
1433815834 (electronic bk.)
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