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Squint : my journey with leprosy /

Ramirez recalls being taken from his family in a hearse and thrown into a world filled with fear. He and his loved ones struggled against the stigma associated with the term "leper" and against beliefs that the disease was a punishment from God, that his illness was highly communicable, an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramirez, José P., 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009.
Colección:Willie Morris books in memoir and biography.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Ramirez recalls being taken from his family in a hearse and thrown into a world filled with fear. He and his loved ones struggled against the stigma associated with the term "leper" and against beliefs that the disease was a punishment from God, that his illness was highly communicable, and that persons with Hansen's disease had to be banished from their communities.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 220 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220).
ISBN:9781604733396
160473339X