(Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-03-20)
Tara Prairie, Graduate Student, Bethany Wrye, Faculty, Norman Weatherby, Faculty; Sharon Parente, Library Faculty; Health & Human Performance
Enacted stigma involves labeled individuals being treated differently from or denied access to resources available to non-labeled individuals. When studying stigma in the medical field, researchers tend to focus on the extent to which labeled patients feel or internalize stigma and then avoid situations or interactions to prevent anticipated stigmatization. The purpose of this bibliographic citati