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Polio Wars: Sister Kenny and the Golden Age of American Medicine Rogers, Naomi (Associate Professor, History of Science and Medicine, Associate Professor, History of Science and Medicine, Yale University)
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Polio Wars: Sister Kenny and the Golden Age of American Medicine
Rogers, Naomi (Associate Professor, History of Science and Medicine, Associate Professor, History of Science and Medicine, Yale University)
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.
400 pages, Illustrationsstrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 15, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195380590 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 488 |
| Dimensions | 158 × 242 × 38 mm · 839 g |
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