01088nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002300055653002100078653002100099653001100120653001200131653003200143100002000175245009400195300000900289490000600298520056400304022001400868       1979                            d  c1979 Jun10aAttitude to Health10aHealth Education10aHealth Promotion10aHumans10aleprosy10aPhysician-Patient Relations1 aDE MESQUITA A P00a[Hansen's disease: its image, education, integration and physician-patient relationship].  a36-90 v43 a<p>Although still used in fund raising campaigns, the serious aspects of hanseniasis are less common now, thanks to early diagnosis and treatment. This new image of hanseniasis should be propagated by health education, especially directed to patients and contacts. Integration should refer not only to hanseniasis but also to leprologists, who became also "segregated", due to the pejorative "leprosy". The good relationship with the patient depends on the psychological capacity of the physician, revealed as soon as the diagnosis of the disease is made.</p>  a0100-3283