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Within the habitus of the former colony hospital: social representations of leprosy
No habitus do antigo hospital colônia: representações sociais da hanseniase
En los habitus del antiguo hospital colonia: representaciones sociales de la hanseniases
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Abstract Objective: To understand the social representations of leprosy for the former patient of the Getúlio Vargas Colony Hospital, Bayeux/PB/Brazil. Method: Study of qualitative and representational approach. Results: The habitus was defined through the long and the experienced times in the building of si... view more
Objective: To understand the social representations of leprosy for the former patient of the Getúlio Vargas Colony Hospital, Bayeux/PB/Brazil. Method: Study of qualitative and representational approach. Results: The habitus was defined through the long and the experienced times in the building of situational behaviors and diversities. The asylum context is reveled through the time. In the realm of religiousness, their illness is understood as a heritage of a divine punishment. The contact with the society as a charity aspect did not reduce the feeling of being excluded by the prejudice and stigma that pervade the patient bearer of leprosy. Conclusion: We could infer that, when retelling their lives, the subjects lived a quasi-experimental condition, by recalling striking histories at that context.... view less
Keywords
hospital; habits; contagious disease; representation; nursing; methodology; research; perception; emotion; stigmatization; prejudice; behavior; patient; biography; Brazil; Latin America; South America; historical social research
Classification
Medical Sociology
Social History, Historical Social Research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 104-113
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 5 (2013) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2013v5n3p104
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed