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

• Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2017]; New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2025; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 228 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetto topico: Diseases; Diseases - Social aspects; Public health; Public health - Social aspects; Social medicine; Stigmatization; Disease; Public Health; POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; public health; stigmatization
• Persona (resp. second.): LermanShir; OstrachBayla; SingerMerrill
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1: The Role of Drug User Stigmatization in the Making of Drug-Related Syndemics Chapter 2: Perception and Discrimination: The Biomedical Foundations of a Syndemic of Substance Abuse, Violence and Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Ontario, Canada Chapter 3: Disordered Minds and Disordered Bodies: Stigma, Depression, & Obesity Syndemic in Puerto Rico Chapter 4: Obesity, Depression, and Weight-Related Stigma Syndemics Chapter 5: The PHAMILIS Stigma Syndemic among Homeless Women Chapter 6: Dangerous Bodies, Unpredictable Minds: HIV/AIDS, Mental Disorders, and Stigma Syndemics in Western Kenya Chapter 7: Biomedical Moralities: HIV Community Stigma and Risks for HIV/STI Syndemics Chapter 8: Methamphetamine Addiction, HIV infection, and Gay Men: Stigma and Suffering
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Foundations of biosocial health
• ISBN: 1-66699-296-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910954982803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II