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Over the past three decades, social psychologists have made great strides in understanding stigma. Whether based on disability, age, body size or appearance, me

This book is intended to be a resource for students, a guide for future researchers, and a call to concerned citizens to use this wealth of information to guide

Stigma leads to poorer health. In The Oxford Handbook of Stigma, Discrimination, and Health, leading scholars identify stigma mechanisms that operate at multipl

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