Infectious-contagious diseases still occupy an important place in the Brazilian pathological profile. However, studies about diseases, particularly leprosy, are restricted, almost exclusively, to the biomedical or clinical dimension. Therefore, the studies that approach leprosy from a sociocultural perspective are scarce, especially in Brazil. Thus, more is known about the disease than about the patient. The fact that the information is restricted to the biomedical field, it seems, hinders the treatment and cure. Leprosy is a disease that, among other symptoms, substantially affects the patient's social identity, considering the stigmatizing aspect of the disease. This work, among other issues, aims to allow students, undergraduate and postgraduate researchers in Social Sciences, Collective Health and related areas to have a broader and updated reading on the complexities involving the relations between society, stigma and leprosy.
Passos Bispo, AlaimnThe author is a social scientist and a professor at the Federal Institute. In this book he presents the results of his master's thesis. In his doctorate he continues his studies on leprosy. His research investigates the compulsory internment of leprosy patients in colony hospitals. He has recently been invited to publish this thesis in another book.
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El autor es científico social y profesor del Instituto Federal. En este libro presenta los resultados de su tesis de maestría. En el doctorado continúa sus estudios sobre la lepra. Su investigación estudia el internamiento obligatorio de los enfermos de lepra en los hospitales de las colonias. Recientemente fue invitado a publicar esta tesis en otro libro.
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Infectious-contagious diseases still occupy an important place in the Brazilian pathological profile. However, studies about diseases, particularly leprosy, are restricted, almost exclusively, to the biomedical or clinical dimension. Therefore, the studies that approach leprosy from a sociocultural perspective are scarce, especially in Brazil. Thus, more is known about the disease than about the patient. The fact that the information is restricted to the biomedical field, it seems, hinders the treatment and cure. Leprosy is a disease that, among other symptoms, substantially affects the patient's social identity, considering the stigmatizing aspect of the disease. This work, among other issues, aims to allow students, undergraduate and postgraduate researchers in Social Sciences, Collective Health and related areas to have a broader and updated reading on the complexities involving the relations between society, stigma and leprosy.
