Social representation of Hansen's disease thirty years after the term 'leprosy' was replaced in Brazil

Social representation of Hansen's disease thirty years after the term 'leprosy' was replaced in Brazil

Based on the theories of social representation (SC) and Central Core (CC), a structural study was undertaken regarding the neologism hanseníase (Hansen's disease), the term adopted by Brazil's Ministry of Health in the 1970s. Carried out during 2001, this study interviewed eight hundred ho...

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Main Authors: Oliveira Maria Leide Wand-del-Rey de, Mendes Carla Maria, Tardin Rachel Tebaldi, Cunha Mônica Duarte, Arruda Angela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz 2003-01-01
Series:História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos
Subjects:
Hansen's disease
leprosy
social representation
Central Core
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702003000400003
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