Pathologizing poverty: New forms of diagnosis, disability, and structural stigma under welfare reform

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-83

  Hansen, Helena ^a,b   Bourgois, Philippe ^c   Drucker, Ernest ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Disability; Mental illness; Poverty; Stigma; Structure; U.S.A.; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; DISABILITY; MENTAL ILLNESS; POVERTY; STIGMA; STRUCTURE; U.S.A.; WELFARE REFORM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893494821     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.06.033     Document Type: Article

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