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What matters most

A cultural mechanism moderating structural vulnerability and moral experience of mental illness stigma

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ID5007468
AuthorsLawrence Hsin Yang (0000-0001-7779-7423, Columbia University, corresponding author), Fang-Pei Chen (Columbia University), Kathleen Janel Sia (Columbia University), Jonathan Lam (0000-0003-1571-6450, Fordham University), Katherine Ka Wai Lam (0000-0002-5024-3719, Columbia University), Katherine Lam, Hong Ngo (Fordham University), Sing Lee (0000-0002-9377-7390, Chinese University of Hong Kong), A Kleinman (0000-0003-0721-2017, Harvard University), B J Good (0000-0003-0730-3197, Harvard University), Byron Good
Year2014
Volume103
Pages84-93
Publication date2014-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.09.009
PMID24507914
OpenAlexW1974733099
LanguageEN
Citations received85
References cited33

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