War's waste : rehabilitation in World War I America /

With U.S. soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms with those permanently disabled in battle. At the moment, we accept rehabilitation as the proper social and cultural response to the wounded, swiftly...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Linker, Beth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Temas:
1900-1999
Disabled veterans > Rehabilitation > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Veterans > Medical care > United States > History > 20th century.
Medical rehabilitation > United States > History > 20th century.
Disabled Persons > rehabilitation
Disabled Persons > history
History, 20th Century
Military Medicine > history
Veterans > history
World War I
Invalides de guerre > Réadaptation > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Anciens combattants > Soins médicaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Réadaptation > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
Veterans.
Medical care.
Disabled veterans > Rehabilitation.
Medical rehabilitation.
Veterans > Medical care.
Weltkrieg.
Medizinische Versorgung.
Rehabilitation.
Veteran.
Kriegsbeschädigter.
Militärmedizin.
United States
United States.
USA.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The roots of rehabilitation
  • The problem of the pensioner
  • Reconstructing disabled soldiers
  • A new female force
  • Maximalist medicine at Walter Reed
  • The limb lab and the engineering of manly bodies
  • Propaganda and patient protest
  • Rehabilitating the industrial army
  • Walter Reed, then and now.

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