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Cancer Stigma

It's Personal and Political: Stigma and Cancer

Doug Ulman | Posted 11.19.2011 | Impact
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Doug Ulman

Stigma against cancer is personal and political, and, if neglected at the community, national and global level, it will be perpetual, too.

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Rethinking Societal Attitudes About People Who Get Cancer

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Metastatic Breast Cancer Network, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Illness as Metaphor, Cancer Societal Stigma, Susan Sontag, Cancer Myths, Breast Cancer Myths, Cancer Stigma, Healthy Living News
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.

Our personality does not make us more or less likely to get cancer, and its successful treatment is not essentially a matter of our outlook.

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