Friday, October 3, 2008

Leprosy, society and stigma

Leprosy Mailing List, September 21st, 2008

Ref.: "Leprosy, society and stigma”.
From: Ryan T, Oxford, UK


Dear Salvatore,

I refer to Dr Singh request about a <<>>. (LML Sept. 15th, 2008).

This request should be easily answered by a Google search or a glance through leprosy journals, but I want to emphasise that the aspect of being unwelcome in society is shared by other skin diseases such as psoriasis, vitiligo, and elephantiasis which are also good models.
It was also found to be a feature of other conditions such as incontinence or even being wheel chair bound so it will do contemporary leprosy studies no favour if the proposed study is confined to leprosy. The Quality of Life movement was much improved by the WHO changes in classification that included participation as a factor requiring measurement. I will post of some reprints to Dr Singh.

Terence Ryan

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