An Epidemic of Stigma: Public Reactions to AIDS

American Psychologist

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1988, Pages 886-891

  Herek, Gregory M ^a   Glunt, Eric K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMAN; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0024114899     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.43.11.886     Document Type: Article

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