HIV/AIDS and stigma theory: Conceptual understandings and possibilities for intervention using sociological models
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Correspondence between Goffman's stigma theory and labelling theory
- Conceptual refinement of stigma
- Another way to describe why AIDS is a stigmatized condition
- The research literature on AIDS and stigma
- Social control and internalized as well as structural stigma faced by people with AIDS
- Conclusion
- References
Abstract
People with hiv/aids face social ostracism and stigmatization, a sociological term used to describe inscribed difference. The way that this is experienced is both subjective and is structurally organized. Difficulties in sociological definitions of stigma, and terminology that is specific enough, is noted in the literature. (Deacon, 2006; Downes and Rock, 2007) The outcome of stigmatization impacts health care provision by the health care systems, social networks which are available to help those suffering or even those caring for people who are hiv/aids positive. It also impacts on internal sense of self. (Deacon, 2006) hiv/aids is regarded as deviant behaviour, due to cofactors associated with the disease. This paper will show that studies reveal that stigma, as defined, is an excellent but contentious framework through which to understand the experience of being ill with aids, and coping with the responses to the way society treats those afflicted.
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