Leper Colonies
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The leprosy asylum in India: 1886-1947.

14 Jun 2009 Writing against a historical practice that situates the leprosy asylum exclusively within prison-like institutions, this article seeks to show the variation in leprosy asylums, the contingencies of their evolution, and the complexity of their ... Read more...

[Power of music that moves mind and body--music therapy in the Hansen's disease sanatorium in Japan]

30 Jan 2009 Average age of residents living in National sanatorium Hoshizuka-Keiaien where people have past history of Hansen disease is around 80 years old at present, and many of them spend their whole days in watching TV or sleeping almost alone in their ... Read more...

Assessment of subclinical leprosy infection through the measurement of PGL-1 antibody levels in residents of a former leprosy colony in Thailand.

30 Aug 2008 OBJECTIVES: To investigate the hypothesis that there is continuing subclinical M. leprae infection, contributing to ongoing transmission of leprosy in Phra-Pradaeng Colony. DESIGN: A sero-epidemiological survey was carried out in Phra-Pradaeng ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Leper Colonies'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The leprosy asylum in India: 1886-1947. 14 Jun 2009
• [Power of music that moves mind and body--music therapy in the Hansen's disease sanatorium in Japan] 30 Jan 2009
• Assessment of subclinical leprosy infection through the measurement of PGL-1 antibody levels in residents of a former leprosy colony in Thailand. 30 Aug 2008
• [An effort to discontinue the use of verbal change of shift reports in a workplace with both nursing staff and personal support workers--encouraging independent information collection by personal support workers] 30 Aug 2008
• [Nursing assistant care at the national Hansen's disease sanatorium in Japan: focusing on "autonomy of the life field" for physically and socially challenged residents] 30 Aug 2008
• A day at Carville: my home--mi casa. 28 Feb 2008
• The sustainability of self-care in two counties of Guizhou Province, Peoples' Republic of China. 28 Feb 2008
• Osler and Grace visit Tracadie. 30 Dec 2007
• Current situation of leprosy colonies/leprosaria and their future in P.R. China. 30 Aug 2007
• Leprosaria--a continuing social challenge. 30 Aug 2007
• Needs assessment for income generation training of youths in leprosy families of a leprosy village in Myanmar. 30 Aug 2007
• Neretva Valley: from leprosarium to nature park. 30 Mar 2007
• [Elderly depression in a Japanese leprosarium] 30 Jan 2007
• Between stigma and dawn of medicine: the last leprosarium in Croatia. 29 Sep 2006
• Coming in from the cold. 2 Mar 2006
• [Observation on the 78th meeting of the Japanese Society for Hansen's Disease] 30 Aug 2005
• [Effect of physician shortage on today's Hansen's disease management] 30 Aug 2005
• [Survey on the present conditions of the residents regarding aging, aftereffects and subsequent complication] 30 Aug 2005
• [Frequency of ocular changes in patients with Hansen's disease living in a colony hospital.] 24 Jul 2005
• [Social rehabilitation experiences of people with a history of Hansen's disease: interviews of readmitted residents in a sanatorium] 30 Jan 2005

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Technical information about 'Leper Colonies'

Definition: Residential treatment centers for individuals with leprosy.

Descriptor UI: D007914

Alternative terms: Leper Colonies; Colonies, Leper; Colony, Leper; Leper Colony;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.524;

Technical Notes: specify geog