Polio wars : Sister Elizabeth Kenny and the golden age of American medicine / Naomi Rogers.

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Naomi, 1958-

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2014.

Format/Description:

Book
xxiii, 456 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects:

Kenny, Elizabeth, 1886-1952.
Nurses -- Australia -- Biography.
Poliomyelitis -- United States -- History.
Nurses -- United States -- Biography.
Poliomyelitis -- Australia -- History.

Medical subjects:

Nurses -- Australia -- Biography.
Poliomyelitis -- history -- Australia.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780195380590 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0195380592 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780199701469 (updf ebook)
0199701466 (updf ebook)
9780199334131 (epub ebook)
0199334137 (epub ebook)

OCLC:

830807412

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