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POSTPONED: Know the monster you’re fighting: stigma as a barrier to quality healthcare

speaker: 
Elizabeth Flanagan, Ph.D.
Date: 
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Event location: 
Medical Historical Library
Theme: 
Monsters

Stigma and discrimination are barriers to quality health care for people with many conditions that are stigmatized by our society. This talk will discuss how stigma works in health care settings, the stigma research for three conditions (Obesity, Mental illness, and HIV/AIDS), and how to reduce stigma in healthcare practice.