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Fibromyalgia is offered as the exemplar condition.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>To understand why these women are being stigmatized.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A review of the recent literature was conducted with a focus on the perceptions of women with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia who have been stigmatized.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Three intertwined themes emerged as contributing to their stigmatization: moralizing attitudes, disbelief as to the reality of pain, and pain\u2019s invisibility.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Given how embedded the factors responsible for the stigmatization of women with fibromyalgia in Western society are, the realistic prospects for addressing this issue are poor.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/pm\/pnz350","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,13]],"date-time":"2019-12-13T12:12:14Z","timestamp":1576239134000},"page":"882-888","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":42,"title":["Why Are Women with Fibromyalgia so Stigmatized?"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"John","family":"Quintner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Arthritis & Osteoporosis WA, Shenton Park, Western Australia, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"2020071305422810300_pnz350-B1","first-page":"181","article-title":"The derailment of railway spine: A timely lesson for fibromyalgia","volume":"3","author":"Cohen","year":"1996","journal-title":"Pain Rev"},{"key":"2020071305422810300_pnz350-B2","first-page":"165","article-title":"Occupation neuroses and the psychogenic connotation of \u201crepetitive strain injury\u201d: The misconstruction of neurosis","volume":"10","author":"Quintner","year":"1994","journal-title":"Integr Psychiatry"},{"key":"2020071305422810300_pnz350-B3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"256","DOI":"10.3109\/09638289509166644","article-title":"The Australian RSI debate","volume":"5","author":"Quintner","year":"1995","journal-title":"Disabil Rehabil"},{"issue":"3","key":"2020071305422810300_pnz350-B4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"193","DOI":"10.5694\/j.1326-5377.1992.tb137087.x","article-title":"Whiplash in Australia: Illness or injury","volume":"157","author":"Awerbuch","year":"1992","journal-title":"Med J Aust"},{"issue":"1","key":"2020071305422810300_pnz350-B5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"143","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1526-4637.2008.00540.x","article-title":"Stigma experienced by people with non-specific chronic low back pain","volume":"10","author":"Slade","year":"2009","journal-title":"Pain Med"},{"issue":"8876","key":"2020071305422810300_pnz350-B6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"906","DOI":"10.1016\/0140-6736(93)91950-Q","article-title":"Fibromyalgia syndrome: A problem of tautology","volume":"342","author":"Cohen","year":"1993","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"2020071305422810300_pnz350-B7","year":"2011"},{"issue":"8","key":"2020071305422810300_pnz350-B8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1391","DOI":"10.1093\/pm\/pnw158","article-title":"Patients with pain need less stigma not more","volume":"17","author":"Carr","year":"2016","journal-title":"Pain Med"},{"issue":"2","key":"2020071305422810300_pnz350-B9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"72","DOI":"10.1177\/014107680209500205","article-title":"Stigma in psychiatry","volume":"95","author":"Gray","year":"2002","journal-title":"J R Soc Med"},{"key":"2020071305422810300_pnz350-B10","volume-title":"Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity","author":"Goffman","year":"1963"},{"key":"2020071305422810300_pnz350-B11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"415","DOI":"10.1007\/s00586-015-3824-2","article-title":"Poena, the goddess of divine retribution","volume":"24","author":"Ginsburg","year":"2015","journal-title":"Eur Spine J"},{"key":"2020071305422810300_pnz350-B12","first-page":"1","article-title":"Is the sage free from pain?","volume":"6","author":"Garrett","year":"1999","journal-title":"Volga. 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