Contesting stigma and contested emotions: Personal experience and public perception of specific phobias

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2155-2164

  Davidson, Joyce ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contested illness; Emotion; Phobia; Stigma

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

SERPENTES;

EID: 24344496490     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.04.030     Document Type: Article

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