Discredited legacy: Stigma and familial amyloid polyneuropathy in Northwestern Portugal
Álvaro Mendes,
Liliana Sousa,
Jorge Sequeiros and
Angus Clarke
Social Science & Medicine, 2017, vol. 182, issue C, 73-80
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Genetic inherited conditions may result in feelings of stigmatisation, mainly because of visible physical appearance and its transmissibility to offspring.
Keywords: Stigma; Discrimination; Genetics; Genetic disease; Inheritance; Familial amyloid polyneuropathy; Predictive testing; Portugal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.026
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