This final section considers what can be done to cope with stigma. Kunreuther and Slovic identify four strategies for coping with stigma. Walker, in a response to Kunreuther and Slovic, questions the assumption that society ...

The word “stigma” was used by the ancient Greeks to refer to a mark placed on an individual to signify infamy or disgrace—to show, for example, that the bearer was a slave or a criminal. As used today, the word denotes ...