@article{16966,
  keywords = {Adult, Attitude of Health Personnel, Female, Humans, India, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Physicians},
  author = {Ramanathan U and Ramu G},
  title = {Attitude of doctors to working in leprosy.},
  abstract = {<p>A study was conducted to assess the attitude of Doctors to working in leprosy. 35 subjects were studied using a questionnaire to tap the various areas of leprosy work. The results indicated that although a majority of the doctors were interested in the specialty and considered that they had been trained well there was evidence of inadequate knowledge in 33% of them. Fears of being socially stigmatised and facing poor job prospects while working in this field were also revealed. It is suggested that training in the under-graduate and, post-graduate levels and improving job prospects would remove the disincentives which hamper anti-leprosy work.</p>},
  year = {1982},
  journal = {Leprosy in India},
  volume = {54},
  pages = {695-9},
  month = {1982 Oct},
  issn = {0024-1024},
  language = {eng},
}