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The New face of leprosy : healing bodies, opening minds
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- Summary
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Multidrug therapy can cure leprosy, stop its transmission, and prevent disfigurement. However, the disease will not be eradicated until early diagnosis and easy access to treatment become the norm-...
Multidrug therapy can cure leprosy, stop its transmission, and prevent disfigurement. However, the disease will not be eradicated until early diagnosis and easy access to treatment become the norm-and heightened awareness completely replaces fear with facts. This compassionate program uses case studies from India, Ethiopia, Brazil, and Japan to illustrate the symptoms of leprosy, pharmaceutical treatment, and corrective surgery. In addition, it movingly addresses the rejection, isolation, and violation of human rights that generally have been the lot of leprosy patients. Initiatives such as Father Marian Zelazek's Karunalaya Leprosy Care Center are spotlighted.
Details
- Creator
- Electric Sky (Firm)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2006], c2001
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (49 min.) : sd., col., digital
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780736583831
- OCLC
- ocn709668667
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on June 04, 2006.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Isolation of Lepers (4:23) -- Treatment of Leprosy (3:06) -- Indian's Lepers (4:26) -- Leprosy: Social Stigma (5:19) -- Leprosy: Crippling Disease (4:02) -- Leprosy and Poverty (3:00) -- Ethiopia: Treatment for Leprosy (3:17) -- Can Leprosy Be Eradicated? (4:45) -- Single-Dose Treatment (3:57) -- Hansen's Disease (4:12) -- Leper's Story (3:35) -- Future of Leprosy (3:13)