The relative contributions of disease label and disease prognosis to Alzheimer's stigma: A vignette-based experiment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 117-127

  Johnson, Rebecca ^a   Harkins, Kristin ^b   Cary, Mark ^c   Sankar, Pamela ^c   Karlawish, Jason ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Disease risk; Ethics; Stigma; Vignette based experiments

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DISEASE; ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STIGMA; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941091077     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.031     Document Type: Article

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