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| Managing courtesy stigma: the case of Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Hazel MacRae |
| Journal title | Sociology of Health & Illness, vol 21, no 1, January 1999 |
| Pages | pp 54-70 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Attitudes to the old of general public. |
| Annotation | Courtesy stigma - the tendency for stigma to be spread from the stigmatised individual to persons who are close to him or her - has received little attention in research. This paper reports the findings of a qualitative study which examined the experiences of courtesy stigma among family members of persons with Alzheimer's disease. The results indicate that both primary caregivers and other family members experience stigma; however, a good number of the family members interviewed claimed not to have experienced stigma and did not appear to be concerned about trying to avoid it. Factors or conditions that influenced experience of stigma are outlined. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990224408 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: TOB |
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