Confronting inadvertent stigma and pejorative language in addiction scholarship: A recognition and response

Substance Abuse

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 217-221

  Broyles, Lauren M ^a,b   Binswanger, Ingrid A ^c,d   Jenkins, Jennifer A ^a   Finnell, Deborah S ^e   Faseru, Babalola ^f,g,h   Cavaiola, Alan ⁱ   Pugatch, Marianne ^j,k,l   Gordon, Adam J ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

ⁱ MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Criminal justice; language; mental disorders; publishing; social stigma; substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STANDARDS; WRITING;

HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL STIGMA; WRITING;

EID: 84961289763     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2014.930372     Document Type: Review

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