Attitude of doctors to working in leprosy.

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.