Leprosy - Rehabilitation
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The leprosy asylum in India: 1886-1947.

14 Jun 2009 Writing against a historical practice that situates the leprosy asylum exclusively within prison-like institutions, this article seeks to show the variation in leprosy asylums, the contingencies of their evolution, and the complexity of their ... Read more...

Assistive devices for people affected by leprosy: underutilised facilitators of functioning?

27 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVES: People affected by leprosy and their families face social and economic problems. The focus of interventions is often on prevention of disabilities and socioeconomic rehabilitation. The objective of this study was to explore to what ... Read more...

[Power of music that moves mind and body--music therapy in the Hansen's disease sanatorium in Japan]

30 Jan 2009 Average age of residents living in National sanatorium Hoshizuka-Keiaien where people have past history of Hansen disease is around 80 years old at present, and many of them spend their whole days in watching TV or sleeping almost alone in their ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Leprosy - Rehabilitation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The leprosy asylum in India: 1886-1947. 14 Jun 2009
• Assistive devices for people affected by leprosy: underutilised facilitators of functioning? 27 Feb 2009
• [Power of music that moves mind and body--music therapy in the Hansen's disease sanatorium in Japan] 30 Jan 2009
• Can primary health centres offer care to the leprosy-disabled after integration with general health services?--a study in rural India. 30 Aug 2008
• Government health workers as implementers of prevention of disability measures: an assessment of a prevention of disability project in selected counties of Guizhou Province, Peoples' Republic of China. 30 Aug 2008
• Integrating community-based rehabilitation and leprosy rehabilitation services into an inclusive development approach. 28 Feb 2008
• Evidence for the effectiveness of rehabilitation-in-the-community programmes. 28 Feb 2008
• Inclusion of persons affected by leprosy in CBR. 28 Feb 2008
• The participatory development of international guidelines for CBR. 28 Feb 2008
• Global trends in disability rehabilitation and their implications for leprosy programmes. 28 Feb 2008
• An update on community based rehabilitation for leprosy practitioners. 28 Feb 2008
• [Leprosy patient comprehension using a perspective model and KOMI chart--clinical case conference] 30 Jan 2008
• [Status of collaboration in nursing and the care for leprosy patients] 30 Jan 2008
• [Health services organization on the elimination of Leprosy in municipalities of São Paulo State] 30 Dec 2007
• Partnership for rehabilitation: looking beyond impairments. 30 Dec 2007
• Sustainable leprosy related disability care within integrated general health services: findings from Salem District, India. 29 Nov 2007
• Current situation of leprosy colonies/leprosaria and their future in P.R. China. 30 Aug 2007
• Leprosaria--a continuing social challenge. 30 Aug 2007
• Needs assessment for income generation training of youths in leprosy families of a leprosy village in Myanmar. 30 Aug 2007
• Recent developments in elimination of leprosy in India. 30 Mar 2007

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Technical information about 'Leprosy'

Definition: A chronic granulomatous infection caused by MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE. The granulomatous lesions are manifested in the skin, the mucous membranes, and the peripheral nerves. Two polar or principal types are lepromatous and tuberculoid.

Descriptor UI: D007918

Alternative terms: Leprosy; Leprosies; Hansen Disease; Disease, Hansen; Hansen's Disease; Disease, Hansen's; Hansens Disease;

Related Mesh Headings: Leprostatic Agents;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; transmission; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C01.252.410.040.552.386;

Technical Notes: caused by Mycobacterium leprae; GEN or unspecified: prefer specifics; rat leprosy = MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS (IM) + MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAEMURIUM (IM); /drug ther: consider also LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; ENL (erythema nodosum leprosum): see note at LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS