Differential access to health care and support? A qualitative analysis of how Australian smokers conceptualise and respond to stigma

Critical Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 577-590

  Wigginton, Britta ^a   Morphett, Kylie ^a   Gartner, Coral ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; qualitative research; smoking; Stigma; tobacco denormalisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STIGMA; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006874614     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2016.1266298     Document Type: Article

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