Stigma, deforming metaphors and patients' moral experience of multibacillary leprosy in Sobral, Ceará State, Brazil Estigma, metáforas deformadoras e experiência moral de pacientes com hanseníase multibacilar em Sobral, Ceará, Brasil

• Prif Awduron: Marilyn K. Nations (Awdur), Geison Vasconcelos Lira (Awdur), Ana Maria Fontenelle Catrib (Awdur)
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• Cyhoeddwyd: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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In response to the call for a new Science of Stigma, this anthropological study investigates the moral experience of patients diagnosed with severe multibacillary leprosy. From 2003 to 2006, fieldwork was conducted in the so-called "United-States-of-Sobral", in Ceará State, Northeast Braz...