The Separating Sickness - Ma'i Ho'oka'awale
Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Reference, Public Health, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Ted Gugelyk, Milton Bloombaum | ISBN: | 9781622872633 |
| Publisher: | First Edition Design Publishing | Publication: | February 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | First Edition Design Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ted Gugelyk, Milton Bloombaum |
| ISBN: | 9781622872633 |
| Publisher: | First Edition Design Publishing |
| Publication: | February 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | First Edition Design Publishing |
| Language: | English |
This book is about the stigma of leprosy in Hawaii and how sick Hawaiian people were arrested and imprisoned for life because of their disease. It is a book about the fear of the unknown, pandemic, fear of sick people who cannot be cured quickly, or at all. It could happen again, mandatory isolation imposed as a Public Health policy for diseases not readily cured.
This book is about the stigma of leprosy in Hawaii and how sick Hawaiian people were arrested and imprisoned for life because of their disease. It is a book about the fear of the unknown, pandemic, fear of sick people who cannot be cured quickly, or at all. It could happen again, mandatory isolation imposed as a Public Health policy for diseases not readily cured.
