The End of Stigma? - Changes in the Social Experience of Long-Term Illness (Paperback, New edition)

Centred on an analysis of a range of inter-related studies of illness and stigma conducted in recent years, this book makes a groundbreaking and timely contribution to understanding the roots of contemporary experiences of stigma. The postmodern era has been identified by sociologists as a time of fracturing and diversity in Western social development. Behaviour, lifestyle and identity are no longer the results of mass-production by social class and nation, but increasingly the quirky and unique eccentricities of the individual as consumer, reflexive citizen and free agent. Memorably, this process was characterised by Fukuyama as 'The End of History', as there isno longer the cultural space for the large-scale ideological battles of the pre-modern age. This book takes Fukuyama's notion and examines contemporary challenges to the stigma associated with chronic illness. Award-winning author, Gill Green examines the cases of HIV, multiple sclerosis and mental illness, including substance misuse, to provide new insights into stigma in health - an issue that is of contemporary concern in the areas of medical sociology and health studies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Gill Green
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-37625-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN:	0-415-37625-4
Barcode:	9780415376259

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