ABSTRACT
Whilst those in healthcare might like to think that they work to reduce stigma and social exclusion of others, this book reveals many strategies by which healthcare professionals contribute to increasing these conditions. Written by practitioners, some of whom have themselves been stigmatised, the book exposes the hidden processes of prejudice and the dogma of ideology that permeate contemporary healthcare. Engaging with the realities of stigma through a grassroots approach, topics covered include:
* hearing
* sight
* sexuality
* HIV and AIDS
* drug use
* teenage pregnancy
* breastfeeding
* old age.
Stigma and Social Exclusion in Healthcare provides practical solutions to problems, recommendations for training and a blueprint for the future. It will prove a valuable reference for all those wanting to deal with the issues of stigmatisation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Theoretical underpinnings
part |2 pages
Part II Applications to practice Section I: Difference
chapter 10|13 pages
The stigma of ‘sexuality’: concealability and course D AV I D E VA N S
chapter 12|10 pages
The stigma of epilepsy: implications for clinical management GUS A . BAKER AND ANN JACOBY
part |2 pages
Part II Applications to practice Section II: Deviance
chapter 16|11 pages
The mentally disordered offender: looking-glass monsters – reflections of the paedophile in popular culture D AV E MERCER AND TUXEPHONI SIMMONDS
chapter 18|17 pages
Smackheads, crackheads and other junkies: dimensions of the stigma of drug use
part |2 pages
Part II Applications to practice Section III: Dilemmas
part |2 pages
Part III Where do we go from here?