End stigmatizing language in tuberculosis research and practice

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Frick, Mike ^a   von Delft, Dalene ^b   Kumar, Blessina ^c  

^a Treatment Action Group   (United States)

^b TB Proof   (South Africa)

^c Global Coalition of TB Activists   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL CARE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOMENCLATURE; PREJUDICE; STEREOTYPING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STEREOTYPING; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84926312421     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1479     Document Type: Note

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