Stigma, shame, and blame experienced by patients with lung cancer: qualitative study.

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OBJECTIVES: To draw on narrative interviews with patients with lung cancer and to explore their perceptions and experience of stigma. DESIGN: Qualitative study. SETTING: United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS: 45 patients with lung cancer recruited through several sources. RESULTS: Participants experienced stigma commonly felt by patients with other types of cancer, but, whether they smoked or not, they felt particularly stigmatised because the disease is so strongly associated with smoking. Interacti...

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Authors: Chapple, A; Ziebland, S; McPherson, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
• Volume: 328
• Issue: 7454
• Pages: 1470
• Publication date: 2004-06-01
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38111.639734.7c
• EISSN: 1756-1833
• ISSN: 0959-8138
• Language: English
• Keywords: Stereotyping; Middle Aged; Aged; Fear; Humans; Adult; Guilt; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Shame; Lung Neoplasms