Foundations of biosocial health : stigma and illness interactions /

Foundations of biosocial health : stigma and illness interactions / edited by Shir Lerman, Bayla Ostrach, and Merrill Singer. - 1 online resource (xv, 228 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Role of Drug User Stigmatization in the Making of Drug-Related Syndemics / Perception and Discrimination: The Biomedical Foundations of a Syndemic of Substance Abuse, Violence, and Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Ontario, Canada / Disordered Minds and Disordered Bodies: Stigma, Depression, and Obesity Syndemic in Puerto Rico / Obesity, Depression, and Weight-Related Stigma Syndemics / The PHAMILIS Stigma Syndemic Among Homeless Women / Dangerous Bodies, Unpredictable Minds: HIV/AIDS, Mental Disorders, and Stigma Syndemics in Western Kenya / Biomedical Moralities: HIV Community Stigma and Risks for HIV/STI Syndemics / Methamphetamine Addiction, HIV Infection, and Gay Men: Stigma and Suffering / James Ziegler -- Gerald McKinley -- Shir Lerman -- Seung Yong Han -- Merrill Singer -- Kara Wools-Kaloustian -- Nicholas Emard -- Theodore K. Gideonse. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

In this collection, researchers examine areas in which biosocial health can be better understood through a syndemic framework by looking at how social and biological interactions are driven by stigma.

9781498552127 (electronic bk.) 1498552129 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper)

9781498552127 Ingram Content Group

2017013824

GBB757469 bnb

018278342 Uk


Public health--Social aspects.
Diseases--Social aspects.
Social medicine.
Stigmatization.
Sociologie de la santé.
Maladies--Aspect social.
Stigmatisation.
stigmatization.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
Diseases--Social aspects.
Public health--Social aspects.
Social medicine.
Stigmatization.


Electronic books.

RA418

362.1

WA 300.1 L616f 2017

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