TY - JOUR
AU - Allen L
AB - The article discusses the stigma suffered by people who had been diagnosed with leprosy in Morocco since people lack much knowledge of the disease which is considered as incurable and contagious. Topics discussed include the case of Haleema who has been cured of leprosy since the 1980s who suffered emotional pain after undergoing cataract surgery and the founding of the Association pour Personnes Maladie Hansens (APAMH) which aims to end discrimination and integrate leprosy patients into society.
BT - The ABNF journal : official journal of the Association of Black Nursing Faculty in Higher Education, Inc
C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26336664
DA - 01/2015
IS - 3
J2 - ABNF J
LA - eng
N2 - The article discusses the stigma suffered by people who had been diagnosed with leprosy in Morocco since people lack much knowledge of the disease which is considered as incurable and contagious. Topics discussed include the case of Haleema who has been cured of leprosy since the 1980s who suffered emotional pain after undergoing cataract surgery and the founding of the Association pour Personnes Maladie Hansens (APAMH) which aims to end discrimination and integrate leprosy patients into society.
PY - 2015
SP - 65
EP - 6
T2 - The ABNF journal : official journal of the Association of Black Nursing Faculty in Higher Education, Inc
TI - Leprosy in Morocco: Discrimination still affects victim--Learning a lesson from the original "social disease" A student perspective.
VL - 26
SN - 1046-7041
ER -