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Damien de Veuster (1840-1889): A life devoted to lepers.
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Clinics in Dermatology . Sep2018, Vol. 36 Issue 5, p680-685. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Abstract Father Damien de Veuster, or Saint Damien of Molokai (1840-1889), was one of the pioneers of the holistic approach to care provision for leprosy patients and contributed to the overcoming of the patients’ social stigmatization. He devoted his life to the lepers living in America’s only leper colony, on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, where people with leprosy were required to live under government-sanctioned medical quarantine. Father Damien gained practical skills in caring for the sick, eagerly learning wound cleansing, bandaging techniques, and drug administration from a nurse. Mahatma Gandhi said that Father Damien's work had inspired his own social campaigns in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HANSEN'S disease patients
*MEDICAL care
*QUARANTINE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0738081X
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Clinics in Dermatology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 131730374
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clindermatol.2018.05.001