Social stigmatization of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Main Authors: Sandro Javier Bedoya (Author), Ana Cristina da Costa Martins (Author), Maria Inês Fernandes Pimentel (Author), Claudia Teresa Vieira de Souza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Icict) da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although cutaneous leishmaniasis rarely evolves to death, it has a negative impact on daily life, with psychological and social consequences that interfere with the personal relationships and with the quality of life of the affected individual. The objective of this study was to analyze the verbal r...