Fat Stigma and Public Health: A Theoretical Framework and Ethical Analysis

, This paper proposes a theoretical framework for understanding fat stigma and its impact on people’s well-being. It argues that stigma should never be used as a tool to achieve public health ends. Drawing on Bruce Link and Jo Phelan’s 2001 conceptualization of stigma as well as the works of Hilde L...

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Main Author: Abu-Odeh, Desiree (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2014
In: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Year: 2014, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 247-265
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