Stigma and Social Exclusion in Healthcare
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: August 8, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780415221993
Subjects: Health systems & services; Social issues; Health & Fitness; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Health Care Delivery; Nursing - Home & Community Care; Public Health; Social Science / Sociology / General; Health Care Issues; Great Britain; Health services accessibility; Medical care; Social isolation; Stigma (Social psychology)
First sentence: Today, the term 'stigma' may well carry a negative connotation but, etymologically, the origins of the semantic derive from the Greek word referring to a tatoo mark.