The dimensionality of stigma: A comparison of its impact on the self of persons with HIV/AIDS and cancer

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-67

  Fife, Betsy L ^a,c   Wright, Eric R ^b,d,e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Indiana Consortium Mental Hlth S   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ALIENATION;

EID: 0034152218     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676360     Document Type: Review

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