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Publication Date: 2006
Publication Name: Human Reproduction
Research Interests: Psychology, Health Promotion, Health Care, Health Belief Model, Health, and 19 moreCryopreservation, Human, Humans, Survivors, Male, Care, Data Reduction, Male Infertility, Testicular Cancer, Elaboration Likelihood Model, Theoretical Models, Human reproduction, Adult, Neoplasms, Cancer Survivor, Spermatozoa, Young Men, Gonads, and Health Personnel
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Publication Date: 2007
Publication Name: Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Research Interests: Mental Health, Pain, Fear, Social Interaction, Family, and 22 moreBreast Cancer, Stress, Public Health, Group Psychotherapy, Quebec, Activities of Daily Living, Humans, Female, Follow-up studies, Attitude, Social Environment, Aged, Middle Aged, Questionnaires, Psychosomatic, Adult, Cross Section, Prognosis, Sick Role, Disease Progression, Stressors, and Friends
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by S. Lebel and Gerald Devins
The purpose of the present review is to examine stigma and its consequences among people with cancer, with an emphasis on the situation in which one's behavior may have contributed to the... more
The purpose of the present review is to examine stigma and its consequences among people with cancer, with an emphasis on the situation in which one's behavior may have contributed to the disease. We examine whether voluntarily engaging in behavior that adds to cancer risk leads to increased stigma after cancer onset, as compared with when one's behavior is not considered (by the affected individual or by others) to have contributed to the onset of cancer. We conducted literature searches in PsychInfo and Medline and identified 38 published papers that empirically addressed cancer-related stigma. We found evidence of increased negative attitudes and more severe consequences of stigma among people that have engaged in a behavior that is perceived to have contributed to their cancer, compared with those who are not perceived to have contributed to their disease.