While the experienced or enacted stigma may be the same for all health related stigma, in terms of isolation, discrimination and social participation restrictions of the affected persons; the concept and origin of stigma varies from one disease to another. An understanding of the cause of stigma is, therefore, essential to formulate effective strategies for its reduction/elimination. This is especially imperative in the case of leprosy where the basis of stigma is significantly different from other health related stigma. In this paper, a comparison is made between the concept and origin of leprosy stigma with that of other stigmatised diseases.
BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21449222?dopt=Abstract DA - 2010 Jul-Sep DO - 10.1002/ijc.26099 IS - 3 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -While the experienced or enacted stigma may be the same for all health related stigma, in terms of isolation, discrimination and social participation restrictions of the affected persons; the concept and origin of stigma varies from one disease to another. An understanding of the cause of stigma is, therefore, essential to formulate effective strategies for its reduction/elimination. This is especially imperative in the case of leprosy where the basis of stigma is significantly different from other health related stigma. In this paper, a comparison is made between the concept and origin of leprosy stigma with that of other stigmatised diseases.
PY - 2010 SP - 117 EP - 21 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Study on differences and similarities in the concept and origin of leprosy stigma in relation to other health-related stigma. UR - http://www.ijl.org.in/archives/jul-sep-2010/Art%201(PSSS%20RAO%20ET%20AL)117-121.pdf VL - 82 SN - 0254-9395 ER -