Courtesy stigma: A hidden health concern among front-line service providers to sex workers

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 681-696

  Phillips, Rachel ^a   Benoit, Cecilia ^a,b   Hallgrimsdottir, Helga ^b   Vallance, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Courtesy stigma; Non profit health service organisations; Sex work; Workplace health

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL STAFF; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKPLACE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VICTORIA; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84862314826     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01410.x     Document Type: Article

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