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Applying the “Index of care” to a person who experienced leprosy in late Medieval Chichester, England (2016)
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Roberts, C. (2017). Applying the “Index of care” to a person who experienced leprosy in late Medieval Chichester, England. In L. Tilley, & A. Schrenk (Eds.), New developments in the bioarchaeology of care (101-124). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39901-0_6

Based on the bioarchaeological record, leprosy, a bacterial infectious disease, has challenged human populations for several thousands of years. It also remains a challenge for management today in certain parts of the world. This socially fascinating... Read More about Applying the “Index of care” to a person who experienced leprosy in late Medieval Chichester, England.