Leprosy and Hansen's Disease: Rethinking Terminology Through a Patient‐Centered Lens

ABSTRACT The term leprosy carries profound stigma, yet its common alternative, Hansen's disease, paradoxically commemorates a physician who performed nonconsensual experimentation on a woman affected by leprosy. We argue that future terminology should be reconsidered through an international process centered on people affected by the disease.

Published in International Journal of Dermatology. The abstract is shown as published and remains the work of its authors; read the full article at the source.

doi.org/10.1111/ijd.70718