Colonizing Leprosy
Subtitle: Imperialism and the Politics of Public Health in the United States (Studies in Social Medicine)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: July 20, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780807831458
Subjects: Health systems & services; History of medicine; Infectious & contagious diseases; Racism & racial discrimination; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; History - U.S.; Medical / Nursing; History: American; USA; History; Infectious Diseases; United States - General; United States - State & Local - West; Kalaupapa Settlement; Moloka'i, Hawai'i; Carville, Louisiana; U.S. National Leprosarium; public health policy; patient activism; imperialism; patient experience; leprosy; public health; medical authority; disease;; Colonialism; Leprosy; Public Health; United States