01727nas a2200337   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001100051653001100062653002500073653001100098653001200109653001400121653002500135653001700160653001900177653001400196100001800210700001500228700001200243700001800255700001600273700001300289245011700302856005700419300001100476490001500487050001900502520085400521022001401375       2008                            d  c200810aBrazil10aFamily10aHospitals, Isolation10aHumans10aleprosy10aPrejudice10aQualitative Research10aStereotyping10aTransportation10aWorkplace1 aBorenstein MS1 aPadilha MI1 aCosta E1 aGregório VRP1 aKoerich AME1 aRibas DL00a[Leprosy: stigma and prejudice lived by institucionalized patients in Santa Catarina State, Brazil (1940-1960)].  uhttp://www.scielo.br/pdf/reben/v61nspe/a09v61esp.pdf  a708-120 v61 Spec No  aBORENSTEIN20083 a<p>This study is a qualitative research with a socio-historic approach whose objective was to know the prejudice and stigma lived by the institutionalized patients/residents with hanseniase. To achieve this goal, three patients were intervewed who lived in a colony hospital during the research period, utilizing the oral history method. Data were collected and were further analysed, utilizing the stigma referencial. The results indicated that after the entry in the institution, these patients got their family bonds broken, lost their rights as citizens, regarding the situation, they took upon a new life, in a new environment. Concluding that, the nosocomial isolation for a long period of time (years of confinement and dismissal), caused the symbolic death of many patients that lived with the hope to cohabit with family and/or society.</p>  a0034-7167