The polio wars : Sister Elizabeth Kenny and the golden age of American medicine /

Rogers, Naomi, 1958-

The polio wars : Sister Elizabeth Kenny and the golden age of American medicine / Naomi Rogers. - New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xxi, 456 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Pt. 1. A bush nurse in America ; The battle begins ; Changing clinical care -- part 2. Polio and disability politics ; The polio wars ; Celluloid -- part 3. Kenny goes to Washington ; Fading glory ; I knew Sister Kenny.



9780199701469


Kenny, Elizabeth, 1886-1952.
Kenny, Elizabeth, 1886-1952.


Nurses--Australia--Biography.
Poliomyelitis--History.--United States
Nurses--United States--Biography.
Poliomyelitis--History.--Australia
Nurses--Australia--Biography.
Poliomyelitis--history--Australia.


Electronic Books.

RA644 / .P655 2014