Perception of leprosy patients towards the disease in a tertiary care hospital of high prevalent district in West Bengal, India: A qualitative study

• Principais autores: Jayanti Datta (Autor), Tridibes Bhattacharya (Autor), Sohanjan Chakraborty (Autor), S K Shahriar Ahmed (Autor), Aparesh Chandra Patra (Autor), Sudipta Roy (Autor), Aditya P Sarkar (Autor), Nilay K Das (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Leprosy is a disease having tremendous social implications due to ostracization. Despite continuous efforts made so far to eliminate leprosy, stigma/misbeliefs/adverse attitude toward leprosy still prevails among common people. Community perceptions and attitudes towards leprosy patients...