Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Stigma, social reciprocity and exclusion of HIV/AIDS patients with illicit drug histories: A study of Thai nurses' attitudes | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Research Stigma social reciprocity and exclusion of HIV AIDS patients with illicit drug histories A study of Thai nurses attitudes Kit Yee Chan 1 Mark A Stoové2 and Daniel D Reidpath3 Open Access Address 1Nossal Institute for Global Health University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia 2Centre for Population Health Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health Melbourne Victoria Australia and 3Centre for Public Health Research Brunel University London UK Email Kit Yee Chan - Mark A Stoové - stoove@ Daniel D Reidpath - Corresponding author Published 23 August 2008 Received 27 March 2008 Harm Reduction Journal 2008 5 28 doi 1477-7517-5-28 Accepted 23 August 2008 This article is available from http content 5 1 28 2008 Chan et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Stigma is a key barrier for the delivery of care to patients living with HIV AIDS PLWHA . In the Asia region the HIV AIDS epidemic has disproportionately affected socially marginalised groups in particular injecting drug users. The effect of the stigmatising attitudes towards injecting drug users on perceptions of PLWHA within the health care contexts has not been thoroughly explored and typically neglected in terms of stigma intervention. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a group of twenty Thai trainee and qualified nurses. Drawing upon the idea of social reciprocity this paper examines the constructions of injecting drug users and PLWHA by a group of Thai nurses. Narratives were explored with a focus on how participants views concerning the high-risk
