Format:
1 online resource (489 pages)
ISBN:
9780199701469
Content:
A study of Australian nurse Sister Elizabeth Kenny and her efforts to have her unorthodox methods of treating polio accepted as mainstream polio care in the United States during the 1940s. A case study of changing clinical care, and an examination of the hidden politics of philanthropies and medical societies.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- List of Archives -- PART ONE -- 1. A Bush Nurse in America -- 2. The Battle Begins -- 3. Changing Clinical Care -- PART TWO -- 4. Polio and Disability Politics -- 5. The Polio Wars -- 6. Celluloid -- PART THREE -- 7. Kenny Goes to Washington -- 8. Fading Glory -- 9. I Knew Sister Kenny -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
9780195380590
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9780195380590
Language:
English
