@book{20434,
  keywords = {Social aspects, Singapore, Malaysia, Leprosy control, History},
  author = {Kah Seng L},
  title = {Making and unmaking the asylum : leprosy and modernity in Singapore and Malaysia},
  abstract = {The book recounts the entangled histories of leprosy in colonial and postcolonial Malaya/Malaysia and Singapore—decades of heavy-handed biomedical policies and laws enacted in the name of modernity, science and development, interwoven with the personal accounts of those who were sent to the asylums. The leprosarium was a living hell for many. It is also no coincidence, the author argues, that the majority of patients were poor and working-class.},
  year = {2009},
  pages = {151 p.},
  publisher = {Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD)},
  address = {Petaling Jaya},
  isbn = {9789833782765},
  note = {Includes index, bibliography},
  language = {eng},
}