Discuss how a theoretical understanding of stigma may help nurses understand why patients, or their families, may experience stigma for a condition.

Discuss how a theoretical understanding of stigma may help nurses understand why patients, or their families, may experience stigma for a condition. Illustrate your answer with reference to a specific group or population.
TASK FOCUS: Define the notion of stigma and discuss how do you think stigma is perpetuated regarding one of the following: Age, Gender, Diagnosis. Choose a group or situation to focus your answer.
ADADEMATIC LEVEL 5; please uses 2 pieces of evidences to support each point
Include- PLEASE USES MOSTLY UK BASED REFERENCE
Condition: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
TASK focus on one of the following: Age, Gender and Diagnosis (CHOSE ONE!!!! More likely the diagnosis itself)
Situation focus: Embarrassed with the condition because of the pain and frequent bowel movement. The stigma of IBS discloser is people look at the symptoms (e.g., pain, bloating and diarrhoea) instead of the condition itself eg. pain become overlooked, instead of the association of the pain caused by IBS in the abdomen. Due to lack of awareness about the condition itself. Due to myth believes by people regarding IBS. Relate to nursing; in helping nurses understand why patients, or their families, may experience stigma for a condition.
SITUATION; Feel judged, in a social setting due to uncontrolled effects of the condition in day to day life. Feel embarrassed to disclose condition as sigma focus on the symptoms rather than the Condition itself affecting the large intestine. Allows nurse to understand why stigma is created; from social norms of what people think the condition is than the condition itself. Clinically associated with many negative health outcomes.