Introduction. Theorectical underpinnings. Historical developments -- The changing dynamic of stigma -- Relationship to practice. Applications to practice. Difference: The stigma of congenital abnormalities -- Aspects of stigma associated with genetic conditions -- Hearing loss: scope for concealment -- Marked on sight -- Communication impairment and stigma -- The stigma of 'sexuality': concealability and course -- HIV and AIDS -- The stigma of epilepsy: implications for clinical management -- Burns and social stigma ; Deviance: Exclusive language? -- Race, stigma, and sterotyping: the construction of difference in forensic care -- The mentally disordered offender: looking-glass monsters -- reflections of the paedophile in popular culture -- Not in my back yard: stigma from a personal perspective -- Smackheads, crackheads and other junkies: dimensions of the stigma of drug use ; Dilemmas: Rosa's story: the burden of ill health when homeless -- Involuntary childlessness and stigma -- Teenage pregnancy, stigma and differential provision of healthcare -- The stigmatisation of breastfeeding -- The stigma of terminal cancer -- Stroke sufferer -- The older person -- From stigma to the social exclusion of disabled people. Where do we go from here? Manifesto for change.
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Title
Stigma and social exclusion in healthcare.
International Standard Book Number
0415222001
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Health services accessibility-- Great Britain.
Medical care-- Great Britain.
Social isolation-- Health aspects-- Great Britain.