Title |
Decreasing Smoking but Increasing Stigma? Anti-tobacco Campaigns, Public Health, and Cancer Care
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Published in |
The AMA Journal of Ethic, May 2017
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DOI | 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.5.msoc1-1705 |
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Authors |
Kristen E Riley, Michael R Ulrich, Heidi A Hamann, Jamie S Ostroff |
Abstract |
Public health researchers, mental health clinicians, philosophers, and medical ethicists have questioned whether the public health benefits of large-scale anti-tobacco campaigns are justified in light of the potential for exacerbating stigma toward patients diagnosed with lung cancer. Although there is strong evidence for the public health benefits of anti-tobacco campaigns, there is a growing appreciation for the need to better attend to the unintended consequence of lung cancer stigma. We argue that there is an ethical burden for creators of public health campaigns to consider lung cancer stigma in the development and dissemination of hard-hitting anti-tobacco campaigns. We also contend that health care professionals have an ethical responsibility to try to mitigate stigmatizing messages of public health campaigns with empathic patient-clinician communication during clinical encounters. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 24 | 49% |
Canada | 4 | 8% |
United Kingdom | 2 | 4% |
Australia | 1 | 2% |
Mexico | 1 | 2% |
Germany | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 16 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 24 | 49% |
Scientists | 14 | 29% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 9 | 18% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 77 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 13 | 17% |
Student > Master | 11 | 14% |
Researcher | 9 | 12% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 9% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 9% |
Other | 13 | 17% |
Unknown | 17 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Psychology | 17 | 22% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 16% |
Social Sciences | 8 | 10% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 9% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
Other | 11 | 14% |
Unknown | 20 | 26% |