Shaming Encounters: Reflections on Contemporary Understandings of Social Inequality and Health

Sociology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 387-402

  Peacock, Marian ^a   Bissell, Paul ^a   Owen, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health inequality; income inequality; shame; social comparison; social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898891523     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038513490353     Document Type: Article

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