The Lancet, Volume 367, Issue 9509
, Pages 525 - 527, 11 February 2006
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68183-XCite or Link Using DOI
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Stigma and global health: developing a research agenda
Stigma is a pervasive influence on disease and responses of nations, communities, families, and individuals to illness. Too little research has been done in recent years to better understand the pathogenesis and implications of stigma, how beliefs are generated, perpetuated, and translated into behaviours, and the cost of stigma to individuals, families, communities, and nations. The sense that legislation and education against stigma is sufficient may explain the shortage of interest in researc ...
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a Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, MA 02118, USA b 4008 East-West Highway, Chevy Chase, MA, USA c Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Correspondence to: Prof Gerald T Keusch
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