01916nas a2200385   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653003100059653001000090653000900100653002200109653001600131653001100147653002600158653001100184653002400195653001900219653001200238653000900250653001600259653002200275653001300297653002600310653001700336653001700353653003100370100001500401700001600416245016600432856016300598300001200761490000700773520073600780022001401516       2009                            d  c2009 Apr-Jun10aActivities of Daily Living10aAdult10aAged10aAged, 80 and over10aCatholicism10aFemale10aHistory, 20th Century10aHumans10aInterviews as Topic10aLeper Colonies10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aPatient Isolation10aReligion10aReligion and Medicine10aSpiritualism10aStereotyping10aSurveys and Questionnaires1 aMellagi AG1 aMonteiro YN00a[The religious imaginary of Hansen's disease patients: a comparative study of former inmates of the asylums of São Paulo and current Hansen's disease patients].  uThe religious imaginary of Hansen's disease patients: a comparative study of former inmates of the asylums of São Paulo and current Hansen's disease patients  a489-5040 v163 a<p>The article analyzes the religiosity of Hansen's disease patients who lived during two distinct treatment periods of the sick: that of internment in asylums and the current practice. Ten semi-structured interviews focused on health, religion and Hansen's disease, broaching the ways the two groups faced religion. In the former inmate group, the presence of institutionalized religion was noted, which served the purposes of vigilance and isolationist therapeutics. Present day Hansen's disease patients still feel the stigmatic weight of'leprosy" in certain situations. Five questionnaires were also given to DHDS health professionals, who presented their considerations concerning the patient's religion and the treatment.</p>  a0104-5970