1. Crusade in Carville.
- Subjects
HANSEN'S disease ,HEALTH education ,CIVIL rights - Abstract
The article discusses how Stanley Stein and his co-patients at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Carville, Louisiana established the "Star" paper in an effort to change the misconceptions about Hansen's disease, or leprosy. It says that although there is no need to sterilize the copies, they do it as a gesture of respect to those who believe that the disease is communicable. Stein's crusade has led to the establishment of their right to vote, the right to have visitors and month's leave each year when their illness is in remission.
- Published
- 1951