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Can I read “They treated me like a leper”: Stigmatization and the quality of life of patients with hepatitis C on EtoBox?
“They treated me like a leper”: Stigmatization and the quality of life of patients with hepatitis C by Susan Zickmund; Evelyn Y. Ho; Masahiro Masuda; Laura Ippolito; Douglas R. LaBrecque is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is “They treated me like a leper”: Stigmatization and the quality of life of patients with hepatitis C about?
## OBJECTIVE: Hepatitis C virus is the most prevalent chronic blood-borne infection in the United States, typically acquired through contaminated blood products or needle sharing. We hypothesized that patients with chronic hepatitis C infection experience stigmatization independent of mode of acquisition and that it negatively affects quality of life.
Who reads “They treated me like a leper”: Stigmatization and the quality of life of patients with hepatitis C?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Medicine.
- Author
- Susan Zickmund; Evelyn Y. Ho; Masahiro Masuda; Laura Ippolito; Douglas R. LaBrecque
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0884-8734)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)