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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 7/2020

01-07-2020 | Public Health | Notes From The Field

How Do We Balance Tensions Between COVID-19 Public Health Responses and Stigma Mitigation? Learning from HIV Research

Authors: Carmen H. Logie, Janet M. Turan

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 7/2020

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We are not being invaded. The body is not a battlefield. The ill are neither unavoidable casualties nor the enemy. We—medicine, society—are not authorized to fight back by any means whatever. – Sontag (1 p. 180)
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Metadata
Title
How Do We Balance Tensions Between COVID-19 Public Health Responses and Stigma Mitigation? Learning from HIV Research
Authors
Carmen H. Logie
Janet M. Turan
Publication date
01-07-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 7/2020
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-02856-8

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