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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. A bush nurse in America ; The battle begins ; Changing clinical care
  • pt. 2. Polio and disability politics ; The polio wars ; Celluloid
  • pt. 3. Kenny goes to Washington ; Fading glory ; I knew Sister Kenny.

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