01176nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001300059653001100072653001100083653001200094653000900106653001600115653001900131100001200150700001600162700001500178245005100193300001100244490000700255050003200262520061400294022001400908       1999                            d  c1999 Jul-Sep10aEmotions10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aSex Factors10aSocial Support1 aRao P S1 aAugustine V1 aJoseph G A00aBeing a female leprosy patient in south India.  a279-840 v71  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>The problems of women patients as revealed by a case study of a woman patient and a questionnaire study of 100 leprosy patients (47 men and 53 women) are presented. These include, besides general ones like ignorance of facts about the disease, specific ones like lack of privacy during clinical examination, indifference towards women's feelings and difficulties in communicating with male workers. A greater sensibility towards the sentiments and problems of women patients, on the part of the health service is required to amend the situation. Recruiting more women workers might help in this regard.</p>  a0254-9395