To be / to exist in the world with leprosy: what is my place?

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Francisca Patrícia Barreto de
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Simpson, Clélia Albino, Miranda, Francisco Arnoldo Nunes de, Pinto, Érika Simone Galvão
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Hansenologia Internationalis (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/34991
• topic: Hanseníase; Cuidados de Enfermagem; Estigma Social; Preconceito; Leprosy; Nursing Care; Social Stigma; Prejudice

People living with leprosy have their self-image blemished due to injuries caused by the disease, leprosy reactions and discrimination. Despite being an old problem and the existence of educational campaigns to combat it, the stigma is present in the daily lives of these people and is a challenge for professionals who lack knowledge regarding the management of the disease in society and in their professional work. This article aims to reflect on the stigma and nursing care from Martin Heidegger’s ontological phenomenology. Humanistic care from the perspective of being-with-others, of recognizingcare as ontological and denying that it is rooted and dehumanizing is an alternative to face and overcome this condition. For the nursing staff, this brings the other as a partner in the construction of care, as a human being who lives that moment of meeting the professional in a being-in-the-world full of meaning and possibilities.