Cooper, R.J. orcid.org/0000-0001-5110-0384 (2021) Opioid analgesics, stigma, shame and identity. In: Ballantyne, P.J. and Ryan, K., (eds.) Living Pharmaceutical Lives. Routledge (Taylor & Francis) , Abingdon , pp. 154-168. ISBN 9780367772482
Abstract
This chapter explores how the lives of individuals affected by the consumption of opioid analgesics for pain relief have often only been framed as clinical or public health concerns and have neglected important additional psychosocial consequences and in particular, stigma, shame and identity. The chapter provides an overview of the current issues relating to opioid analgesics before moving on to consider the significance of different forms of stigma, shame and identity work more broadly in a health context, and then providing key but arguably too infrequent, examples of where research has sought to explore the connection between opioid analgesic use and stigma, shame and identity. It is argued that greater recognition of these connections is needed for clinicians and the public, to recognise these under-represented but arguably significant adverse manifestations of opioid analgesic use for some.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author and Editor(s). This is an author-produced version of a chapter subsequently published in Living Pharmaceutical Lives. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 May 2021 07:12 |
Last Modified: | 13 May 2022 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://www.routledge.com/Living-Pharmaceutical-Li... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge (Taylor & Francis) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.4324/9780429342868-11 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:174171 |