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1 online resource (291 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-275) and index. |
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The roots of rehabilitation -- The problem of the pensioner -- Reconstructing disabled soldiers -- A new female force -- Maximalist medicine at Walter Reed -- The limb lab and the engineering of manly bodies -- Propaganda and patient protest -- Rehabilitating the industrial army -- Walter Reed, then and now. |
| Summary |
With U.S. soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms with those permanently disabled in battle. At the moment, we accept rehabilitation as the proper social and cultural response to the wounded, swiftly returning injured combatants to their civilian lives. But this was not always the case, as the author reveals in this book. In it, she explains how, before entering World War I, the United States sought a way to avoid the enormous cost of providing injured soldiers with pensions, which it had done since the Revolutionary War. Emboldened by their faith in the new social and medical sciences, reformers pushed rehabilitation as a means to "rebuild" disabled soldiers, relieving the nation of a monetary burden and easing the decision to enter the Great War. The author's narrative moves from the professional development of orthopedic surgeons and physical therapists to the curative workshops, or hospital spaces where disabled soldiers learned how to repair automobiles as well as their own artificial limbs. The story culminates in the postwar establishment of the Veterans Administration, one of the greatest legacies to come out of the First World War. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Disabled veterans -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Medical rehabilitation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues. |
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MEDICAL -- Diseases. |
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MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery. |
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy. |
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MEDICAL -- Public Health. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues. |
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Veterans. |
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Medical care. |
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Disabled veterans -- Rehabilitation. |
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Medical rehabilitation. |
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Veterans -- Medical care. |
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United States. |
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World War (1914-1918) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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EBL |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Linker, Beth. War's waste. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011 9780226482538 (DLC) 2010045280 (OCoLC)666234989 |
| ISBN |
9780226482552 (electronic bk.) |
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0226482553 (electronic bk.) |
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128336266X |
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9781283362665 |
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9786613362667 |
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6613362662 |
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9780226482538 |
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0226482537 |
| Standard No. |
9786613362667 |
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99952801153 |
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