Polio wars: sister kenny and the golden age of american medicine
Auteur :
Rogers, Naomi
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195380590
Date de publication :
12 déc. 2013
Dimensions :
23,6 x 16,0 x 4,3 cm
Poids :
839 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.