'I call it the blame and shame disease': A qualitative study about perceptions of social stigma surrounding type 2 diabetes

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Browne, Jessica L ^a,b   Ventura, Adriana ^a,b   Mosely, Kylie ^c   Speight, Jane ^a,b,d  

^a THE AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR BEHAVIOURAL RESEARCH IN DIABETES   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AHP Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHAME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84888121455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003384     Document Type: Article

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