01010nas a2200121   4500000000100000008004100001100001400042245008900056300001200145490000700157520071000164022001400874       2016                            d1 aKaufman K00aEpilepsy and secondary perceived stigma in a social setting: A night at the theater.  a138-1400 v613 a<p>Stigma impacts &gt;50% of persons with epilepsy (PWE) and is a key factory in quality of life. Stigma can be both enacted (external factors) and felt (internal factors). In this article, felt/perceived stigma is more broadly defined as a combination of internal factors and perceptions of external factors. Secondary perceived stigma is felt/perceived stigma by a third party. A key, but often underappreciated, consideration in felt/perceived stigma may occur when a seemingly innocuous statement by a speaker is perceived as stigmatizing by the PWE and/or even by an unintended third party. This autobiographic short report addresses secondary perceived stigma in a social setting, the theater.</p>
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