Stigma directed toward chronic illness is resistant to change through education and exposure

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 3 PART 2, 2002, Pages 1161-1173

  Hayes, Robert A ^a   Vaughan, Christopher ^b   Medeiros, Traci ^b   Dubuque, Erick ^b  

^a WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0036593665     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.3c.1161     Document Type: Article

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