Sources of stigma for means-tested government programs

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 933-945

  Stuber, Jennifer ^a   Schlesinger, Mark ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Means tested programs; Medicaid; Stigma; USA; Welfare

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; MINORITY GROUP; RESEARCH WORK; WELFARE PROVISION; WELFARE REFORM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAID; MINORITY GROUP; MODEL; SOCIAL WORKER; WELFARE;

ADULT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL WELFARE; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745212239     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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