A study was conducted to assess the attitude of Doctors to working in leprosy. 35 subjects were studied using a questionnaire to tap the various areas of leprosy work. The results indicated that although a majority of the doctors were interested in the specialty and considered that they had been trained well there was evidence of inadequate knowledge in 33% of them. Fears of being socially stigmatised and facing poor job prospects while working in this field were also revealed. It is suggested that training in the under-graduate and, post-graduate levels and improving job prospects would remove the disincentives which hamper anti-leprosy work.
BT - Leprosy in India C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7183837?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1982 Oct IS - 4 J2 - Lepr India LA - eng N2 -A study was conducted to assess the attitude of Doctors to working in leprosy. 35 subjects were studied using a questionnaire to tap the various areas of leprosy work. The results indicated that although a majority of the doctors were interested in the specialty and considered that they had been trained well there was evidence of inadequate knowledge in 33% of them. Fears of being socially stigmatised and facing poor job prospects while working in this field were also revealed. It is suggested that training in the under-graduate and, post-graduate levels and improving job prospects would remove the disincentives which hamper anti-leprosy work.
PY - 1982 SP - 695 EP - 9 T2 - Leprosy in India TI - Attitude of doctors to working in leprosy. VL - 54 SN - 0024-1024 ER -