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Stigma, Discrimination and Living with HIV/AIDS : A Cross-Cultural Perspective by Pranee Liamputtong Ph.D. (auth.), Pranee Liamputtong (eds.) is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Stigma, Discrimination and Living with HIV/AIDS : A Cross-Cultural Perspective about?
It has been suggested that HIV and AIDS have particular traits which initiate a high level of stigma. A major consequence of stigmatisation is “discrimination” and it occurs when an individual “is treated unfairly and unjustly” due to the perception that the individual is deviant from others. HIV and AIDS stigma is perceived as “an individual’s deviance from socially accepted standards of normality”. Hence, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are socially constructed as the “other” who are “disg
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Pranee Liamputtong Ph.D. (auth.), Pranee Liamputtong (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789400763234
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Medical, Psychology, Anthropology
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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