Stigma as a barrier to treatment of sexually transmitted infection in the American deep south: Issues of race, gender and poverty

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2435-2445

  Lichtenstein, Bronwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

American South; Health care; Stigma; STIs

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POVERTY; RACE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE; RELIGION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STUDENT; TRANSFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

(SOUTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142248886     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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