The attitudes of nurses toward leprosy are studied and in this paper. The findings show that their knowledge of leprosy is lacking and that they also fear leprosy. This study recommends that leprosy should be included in the basic nursing curriculum in order to increase awareness and to decrease the stigma of leprosy.
BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1640785?dopt=Abstract CN - AWOFESO1992 DA - 1992 Jun DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.19920022 IS - 2 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -The attitudes of nurses toward leprosy are studied and in this paper. The findings show that their knowledge of leprosy is lacking and that they also fear leprosy. This study recommends that leprosy should be included in the basic nursing curriculum in order to increase awareness and to decrease the stigma of leprosy.
PY - 1992 SP - 169 EP - 72 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Appraisal of the knowledge and attitude of Nigerian nurses toward leprosy. UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1992/v63n2/pdf/v63n2a11.pdf VL - 63 SN - 0305-7518 ER -