Spirituality and Hansen’s Disease: Spirituality’ Conceptual Structure and Hansen’s Disease History - Part Two

There have been suicides at the Hansen’s disease sanatoria in the past. What is the level of suffering that makes a person think of suicide? Through the analysis of a Hansen’s disease survivor’s life, we clarified that the nature of sufferings is spiritual pain that is brought by the “loss of autonomy and independence for carving out my life.” The patient was stuck in a negative cycle for about 20…