Tom Mason

Elizabeth Whitehead

Caroline Watkins

Caroline Carlisle

Whilst those in healthcare might like to think that they work to reduce stigma and social exclusion of others, this book reveals many strategies by which healthcare professionals contribute to increasing these conditions. Written by practitioners, some of whom have themselves been stigmatised, the book exposes the hidden processes of prejudice and the dogma of ideology that permeate contemporary healthcare. Engaging with the realities of stigma through a grassroots approach, topics covered include: * hearing * sight * sexuality * HIV and AIDS * drug use * teenage pregnancy * breastfeeding * old age. Stigma and Social Exclusion in Healthcare provides practical solutions to problems, recommendations for training and a blueprint for the future. It will prove a valuable reference for all those wanting to deal with the issues of stigmatisation.

Stigma and Social Exclusion in Healthcare

What happens on holiday, stays on holiday... doesn't it? Unfortunately, when you return to work as a newly qualified midwife and the insanely handsome sex god, that gave you that first class, mind-blowing ticket into the mile high club, just happens to be working with you, it's hard to forget it ever happened. Avoiding him is not an option. Babies don't stop being born due to a social drama on the maternity ward. He's told her he's not interested in anything serious, so why can't they stay away from each other? When work and social lives unite, and a dark past resurfaces, the pressure is building in more than just the blood pressure monitors. How will things ever be the same with a secret like this?

Elizabeth Whitehead

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