The experience of SARS-related stigma at Amoy Gardens

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2038-2046

  Lee, Sing ^a   Chan, Lydia Y Y ^a   Chau, Annie M Y ^a   Kwok, Kathleen P S ^a   Kleinman, Arthur ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; SARS; Stigma

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HONG KONG; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAINTENANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SCHOOLS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; WORKPLACE;

SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 23444435257     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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