Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=49163#.VJJNC8nQrzE Author(s) Ami Rokach Affiliation(s) York University, Toronto, Canada Walden University, Minneapolis, USA The Center for Academic Studies, Or Yehuda, Israel . ABSTRACT This review article provides a bird’s eye view of several population groups that are marginalized, ostracized, and stigmatized. Those include the homeless, the physically disabled, and psychiatric patients, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBTs), and those afflicted with Human immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom (AIDS). Their condition, how it leads to social isolation and loneliness, and its effects on ...
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