01091nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653001100054653001200065653001000077653001300087653001900100653001400119100001300133700001300146245005200159300001200211490000700223520065500230       2000                            d  c2000///10aFemale10aleprosy10aLight10aPatients10aRehabilitation10aTreatment1 aJabeen S1 aShaikh A00aPsychosocial aspects of female Leprosy patients  a16 - 200 v103 aThe purpose of this study is to high light the Psychosocial problems in the Rehabilitation of Leprosy patients. Yesterday when leprosy patients had no hope for cure they were resigned to an isolated existence with little or no contact with the society. Since the development of effective drugs for the treatment of Leprosy, patients who are medically cured must then be returned to the society, giving rise to the concept of rehabilitation. The study is primarily focused on psychosocial situation of Leprosy patient prevailing in Pakistan, despite the fact that their socio-economic characteristics are not too different from their own social class.