Leprosy and stigma in the South Pacific
Subtitle: a region-by-region history with first person accounts
By: Dorothy McMenamin
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780786463237
Subjects: Leprosy; History
Description: "This book details the personal experiences of people in Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu, the majority of whom contracted leprosy as children. Topics covered include the exact nature of the diagnosis, removal from one's family, the experience of isolation, and the reaction of family and villages upon the individual's return to community life"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.