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When a Number of Young, Gay Men in New York

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When a number of young, gay men in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles began dying of a mysterious disease in the early 1980's, the public began referring to the disease as "the gay cancer," stigmatizing the disease for doctors and patients.This is an example of:


A) The medicalization of deviance
B) The social construction of the illness experience
C) The decriminalization of HIV
D) The cultural meaning of illness

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