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The End of Stigma?
Changes in the Social Experience of Long-Term Illness
This innovative book investigates the roots of contemporary experiences of stigma, throwing new light on the phenomenon by examining a variety of long-term conditions. Behaviour, lifestyle and identity are no longer the results of mass-production by social class and nation, but increasingly the...
Published February 8th 2009 by Routledge
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The Endangered Self
Identity and Social Risk
To date, the majority of HIV/AIDS research has concentrated on education and prevention for those with a seronegative status, while studies of HIV positive individuals have been concerned with their potential to infect others. The Endangered Self however, focuses on how the discovery of an HIV...
Published March 8th 2000 by Routledge