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Living with polio : the epidemic and its survivors / Daniel J. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Daniel J., 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poliomyelitis--Popular works.
- Postpoliomyelitis syndrome--Popular works.
- Postpoliomyelitis syndrome.
- Poliomyelitis.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- "I'm afraid it's polio"
- The crisis of acute poliomyelitis
- Covenants of work: recovery and the rehabilitation hospital
- Straws on the ceiling: life on the polio wards
- Going home to a long recovery
- Resuming life after polio
- Living with polio
- An old foe returns: post-polio syndrome
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-288) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226901033
- OCLC:
- 56753118
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
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