Self-mortification and the stigma of leprosy in northern India

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 216-230

  Barrett, Ronald ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; India; Leprosy; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENIAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COST OF ILLNESS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALE; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; SELF MUTILATION;

EID: 22144435934     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2005.19.2.216     Document Type: Article

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