
Stigma Associated with Sexually Transmitted Infections among Patients Attending Suraksha Clinic at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northern India.
Author(s) -
Swastika Suvirya,
Mukesh Shukla,
Shruti Pathania,
Gopa Banerjee,
Ajit Kumar,
Adarsh Tripathi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
doaj (doaj: directory of open access journals)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
DOI - 10.4103/ijd.ijd_145_18
Subject(s) - medicine , normative , tertiary care , stigma (botany) , context (archaeology) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cross sectional study , family medicine , psychiatry , clinical psychology , demography , paleontology , pathology , sociology , biology , philosophy , epistemology
Illnesses affecting sexual organs and its correlation with improper sexual behavior lead to a negative attitude and discriminating behavior towards people affected by such disorders.