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Gill Green Presents A Timely Contribution To Understanding Experiences Of Stigma. Centred On An Analysis Of A Range Of Inter-related Studies Of Illness And Stigma, She Examines The Cases Of Hiv, Multiple Sclerosis And Mental Illness, Including Substance Misuse, To Provide New Insights Into Stigma In Health. Challenging Stigma -- Stigma: Changing Conceptual Frameworks -- Technological, Personal, And Organizational Challenges To Stigma And Exclusion -- The Technological Challenge To Stigma: Hiv And The Advent Of Haart -- The Personal Challenge To Stigma: Substance Misuse And The Construction Of The Moral Self -- The Organizational Challenge To Stigma: Mental Health Services Users 'reclaim Bedlam' -- Is The End Of Stigma Associated With Long-term Conditions In Sight? Gill Green. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [129]-146) And Index.