From Stigma and Coping to Social Repositioning: A New Perspective on HIV/AIDS, Identity and Human Rights

Authors

Steven Arrigg Koh, Boston University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2010

Editor(s)

Brady Wagoner

ISBN

9780415488488

Publisher

Routledge

Language

en-US

Abstract

Furthering the central message of this book – that humans are distinct in their ability to work within a world of symbolic spaces and abstract meanings – this chapter presents a study of individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. This research aims to answer a central question: how can a deeper understanding of symbols help us to reconsider the fundamental health concepts of “stigma” and “coping”? In addressing this question, this study hopes to promote a renewed understanding of illness and rejuvenate modern approaches to health-related human rights.

Recommended Citation

Steven A. Koh, From Stigma and Coping to Social Repositioning: A New Perspective on HIV/AIDS, Identity and Human Rights , in Symbolic Transformation: The Mind in Movement Through Culture and Society 284 (Brady Wagoner ed., 2010).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/3132