Between stigma and dawn of medicine: The last leprosarium in Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 759-766

  Wokaunn, Mario ^a   Juric, Ivan ^b   Vrbica, Žarko ^a  

^a Dubrovnik General Hospital   (Croatia)

^b Dubrovnik General Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; RESIDENT; REVIEW; STIGMA;

CROATIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEPER COLONIES; LEPROSY;

EID: 33750613632     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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