@article{102667,
  keywords = {Hansen's disease, Stigma, Medical anthropology, Brazil, Social suffering, Phenomenology, Colonial Hauntology},
  author = {  and Beldi de Alcantara MDL and Corbett CE and   and Xavier MB and  },
  title = {Haunted by Stigma: Living with Hansen’s Disease in the Brazilian Amazon},
  abstract = {<jats:p>Hansen’s disease (HD), historically labeled “leprosy,” persists as a public-health and social-justice concern despite the availability of curative multidrug
therapy (MDT). Drawing on 55 semi-structured interviews and extensive participant observation in Vila Santo Antônio do Prata, Pará (2017-2023), this
article interrogates how stigma continues to shape the biographies, spatial practices, and mental well-being of individuals who have experienced HD.
Anchored in medical anthropology, critical phenomenology, and social-suffering frameworks, the analysis reveals three interlocking domains of harm:
(1) ontological insecurity generated by enduring the label of “cursed”; (2) social death mediated through forced spatial marginalization; and (3) embodied
hauntologies that reproduce colonial and religious imaginaries. The findings underscore the necessity of integrated interventions that combine biomedical
cure with culturally grounded psychosocial support and community-level stigma reduction.</jats:p>},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Journal of Medical and Clinical Nursing Studies},
  pages = {1-8},
  publisher = {OASK Publishers},
  url = {https://app.oaskpublishers.com/assets/article-pdf/haunted-by-stigma-living-with-hansens-disease-in-the-brazilian-amazon.pdf},
  doi = {10.61440/jmcns.2025.v3.87},
  language = {ENG},
}