01555nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001653002700042653001200069653003600081653002000117653001200137653001100149653001100160100001500171700001600186700001500202700001700217700002100234700001500255245009100270300001200361490000600373050001700379520089300396       2013                            d10aSocial representations10aleprosy10aGetúlio Vargas Colony Hospital10aFormer patients10aBrazil.10aBrazil10aBayeux1 aSimpson CA1 aMiranda FAN1 aMeneses RM1 aCarvalho IHS1 aFarias Cabral AM1 aSantos VRC00a[Within the habitus of the former colony hospital : Social representations of leprosy]  a104-1130 v5  aSIMPSON 20133 aObjective: To understand the social representations of leprosy for the former patient of the Getúlio Vargas Colony Hospital, Bayeux/PB/Brazil. Method: Study of qualitative and representational approach. Results: The habitus was defined through the long and the experienced times in the building of situational behaviors and diversities. The asylum context is reveled through the time. In the realm of religiousness, their illness is understood as a heritage of a divine punishment. The contact with the society as a charity aspect did not reduce the feeling of being excluded by the prejudice and stigma that pervade the patient bearer of leprosy. Conclusion: We could infer that, when retelling their lives, the subjects lived a quasi-experimental condition, by recalling striking histories at that context. Descriptors: Leprosy, Social representations, Nursing methodological research.