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Blame, marginalisation and stigma in medical language and terminology
Seminar details
Title: Blame, marginalisation and stigma in medical language and terminology
Date: 22nd April 2024
Time: 14:00-15:00 (UK time)
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Abstract
This seminar will explore the ways in which the language and terminology of health and illness can unintentionally marginalise, blame and stigmatise.
The session will be interactive, with presentation of examples from the sexual health field and discussion on how to re-word and re-frame our language to reduce potential harm.听
Speaker biography
顿谤听听is a sexual health doctor, researcher and facilitator at University College London, with a passion for social science in medicine and communication in all of its forms.