The need to rely on evidence not ideology in stigma research: Letter to the editor

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 412-413

  Read, John ^a   Haslam, Nick ^b   Davies, Emma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; GENETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIGMA; VIGNETTE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEAR; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 64349083062     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01362.x     Document Type: Letter

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