A New Framework for Evaluating the Potential for Drug Law to Produce Stigma: Insights from an Australian Study. Issue 4 (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Seear, Kate; Lancaster, Kari; Ritter, Alison
• Other Names: Goldberg Daniel S. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of law, medicine & ethics. Volume 45:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 596
• Page End: 606
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: Medical laws and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical ethics -- Periodicals; Jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Legislation, Medical -- Periodicals; Legislation, Nursing -- Periodicals; Ethics -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Societies -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation; Medical ethics; Medical laws and legislation; United States; Periodicals; 344.73041
• DOI: 10.1177/1073110517750599
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1105

Abstract

Alcohol and other drug-related stigma is a growing concern. Many organizations have called for a reduction in such stigma through law reform, but there is little sense of how, precisely, this might be achieved. This paper reports on a new method to examine the relationship between stigma and the law and establish a framework that can guide and inform future law reform efforts.