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Felt versus enacted stigma: a concept revisited. Evidence from a study of people with epilepsy in remission
1Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
Social Science & Medicine (1982)
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
Epilepsy is, in the majority of cases, a short-lived and self-limiting clinical condition. However, individuals labelled as epileptic frequently continue to feel stigmatised, even after their seizures remit. This paper describes the nature and extent of stigma in a group of individuals with epilepsy in remission. The distinction between 'felt' and 'enacted' stigma is examined, and found to be supported by the data.