The polio wars : Sister Elizabeth Kenny and the golden age of American medicine /

During World War II, polio epidemics in the United States could be neither predicted nor contained, and paralyzed patients faced disability in a world unfriendly to the disabled. Sister Elizabeth Kenny arrived in the US from Australia in 1940 espousing an unorthodox approach to the treatment of poli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rogers, Naomi, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Kenny, Elizabeth, > 1886-1952.
Kenny, Elizabeth, > 1886-1952
Nurses > Australia > Biography.
Poliomyelitis > United States > History.
Nurses > United States > Biography.
Poliomyelitis > Australia > History.
Infirmières > Australie > Biographies.
Poliomyélite > États-Unis > Histoire.
Infirmières > États-Unis > Biographies.
Poliomyélite > Australie > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Nurses
Poliomyelitis
Australia
United States
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:During World War II, polio epidemics in the United States could be neither predicted nor contained, and paralyzed patients faced disability in a world unfriendly to the disabled. Sister Elizabeth Kenny arrived in the US from Australia in 1940 espousing an unorthodox approach to the treatment of polio. The Kenny method, initially dismissed by the US medical establishment, gained overwhelming support over the ensuing decade. Rogers presents both the passion and the practices of clinical care and explores them in their own terms.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxi, 456 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199701469
0199701466

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