“Review of AIDS and Stigma’ by Gregory M. Harek
The current literature as of 1999 is reviewed regarding the stigma that attaches to people with AIDS (PWA’s and people with HIV (PWHIVs). “Stigma” refers to discrimination and prejudice directed at PWAs and PWHIVs as well as those people associated with them or caregivers for them. This stigma has resulted in firings, evictions, and other forms of prejudice to people with AIDS and HIV. The […]