TY - JOUR KW - Attitude of Health Personnel KW - Clinical Competence KW - Humans KW - India KW - leprosy KW - Physicians KW - Surveys and Questionnaires AU - Sandhu H S AU - Naik G AU - Chandorkar R K AU - Bose C AB -

A study of knowledge, attitude and practice of leprosy among doctors of Bhopal has found that junior doctors had more exposure to leprology compared to all other groups. Medical college doctors had better knowledge of leprology compared to non-medical college doctors. Knowledge and attitude about leprosy among doctors were influenced by qualification, age, cultural and environmental factors. A strong association was observed between knowledge and attitude about leprosy of doctors and their practice of treating leprosy cases.

BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6549333?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1984 Jul-Sep IS - 3 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -

A study of knowledge, attitude and practice of leprosy among doctors of Bhopal has found that junior doctors had more exposure to leprology compared to all other groups. Medical college doctors had better knowledge of leprology compared to non-medical college doctors. Knowledge and attitude about leprosy among doctors were influenced by qualification, age, cultural and environmental factors. A strong association was observed between knowledge and attitude about leprosy of doctors and their practice of treating leprosy cases.

PY - 1984 SP - 633 EP - 40 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - A study of knowledge, attitude and practice of leprosy among doctors of Bhopal, India. VL - 56 SN - 0254-9395 ER -