Ramanathan U, Ramu G
Lepr India. 1982 Oct;54(4):695-9.
A study was conducted to assess the attitude of Doctors to working in leprosy. 35 subjects were studied using a questionnaire to tap the various areas of leprosy work. The results indicated that although a majority of the doctors were interested in the specialty and considered that they had been trained well there was evidence of inadequate knowledge in 33% of them. Fears of being socially stigmatised and facing poor job prospects while working in this field were also revealed. It is suggested that training in the under-graduate and, post-graduate levels and improving job prospects would remove the disincentives which hamper anti-leprosy work.
开展了一项研究以评估医生对麻风病防治工作的态度。使用问卷调查了35名受试者，以了解麻风病工作的各个方面。结果表明，尽管大多数医生对该专业感兴趣，并认为他们接受了良好的培训，但仍有33%的医生存在知识不足的情况。研究还揭示了他们担心在该领域工作会受到社会歧视以及面临糟糕的职业前景。建议在本科和研究生阶段进行培训，并改善职业前景，以消除阻碍麻风病防治工作的不利因素。
