Stigma and rejection: Living with aids in villages in southern Thailand
Stigma and rejection: Living with aids in villages in southern Thailand
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耻辱和拒绝:泰国南部村庄的艾滋病患者
DOI:
10.1080/01459740.2001.9966185
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发表时间:
2001
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
L. Manderson
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文献类型:
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作者:
P. Songwathana;L. Manderson
The problems that face HIV/AIDS patients are now fairly well documented. These include experiences of guilt, anger, grief, fear of abandonment, and potential economic hardship and marginalization due to others’ fear of infection and associated stigma. However, limited attention has been paid to the effects of AIDS‐related stigma on access to, and the provision of, health services. Understanding how the stigma of AIDS affects the processes and experiences of diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and care is critical to effective public health policy and the delivery of health care programs and medical services. In this article, we examine stigma as experienced by people with HIV and AIDS, and by their families, in village Thailand. We also identify areas for improvement pertaining to people with HIV/AIDS and other stigmatizing diseases.