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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792906203321

Titolo

Foundations of biosocial health : stigma and illness interactions / / edited by Shir Lerman, Bayla Ostrach, and Merrill Singer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , 2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 228 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Public health - Social aspects

Diseases - Social aspects

Social medicine

Stigmatization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

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.