The dawn of humane leprosy segregation: transforming leprosarium into home

Leprosarium or leprosy asylum has always been associated with cruel segregation of leprosy sufferers from the society. However, humane approach was suggested in the international arena in 1923 to reform the former unsympathetic compulsory segregation to make leprosy sufferers "human" again...

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Main Authors: Lim, Jing Jing (Author), Lim, Yong Long (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UTM Press, 2017.
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