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War's waste: rehabilitation in World War I America by Linker, Beth

“…With US soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms with those…”
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On the Borderland of Medical and Disability History: A Survey of the Fields by LINKER, BETH

“…This essay explores the multiple sites where disability appears in the history of medicine and suggests ways in which medical historians can self-consciously…”
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The Role of History in America's Scoliosis Screening Programs by LINKER, Beth

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A dangerous curve: the role of history in America's scoliosis screening programs by Linker, Beth

“…In 2004, the US Preventive Services Task Force called for an end to scoliosis screening in US public schools. However, screening endures, although most nations…”
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The Great War and Modern Health Care by Linker, Beth

“…World War I is believed to have ushered in modern medicine and the modern hospital, but an equally important contribution was the establishment of…”
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The Body Politic in Pain by Linker, Beth

“…In his 2015 book Pain: A Political History, Keith Wailoo demonstrates how a medicalized condition became central to defining party politics in the United…”
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Beware of the one-armed soldier by Linker, Beth

“…Despite their missing limbs, these soldiers had "overcome" their injuries to the point of being able to fight once again in what was then considered the…”
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Spines of Steel: A Case of Surgical Enthusiasm in Cold War America by LINKER, BETH

“…Just as the prevalence of scoliosis began to decline precipitously after World War II, American orthopedic surgeon Dr. Paul R. Harrington devised a new,…”
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Susan Burch and Michael Rembis (eds), Disability Histories by Linker, Beth

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Teamwork: Metaphors and Myths of Equality in the Health-Care Setting by Linker, Beth

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Physical Therapy in the Time of Pandemic: Then and Now by Linker, Beth

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Half a Man: The Symbolism and Science of Paraplegic Impotence in World War II America by Linker, Beth, Laemmli, Whitney

“…At the conclusion of the Second World War, more than 600,000 men returned to the United States with long-term disabilities, profoundly destabilizing the…”
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Shooting Disabled Soldiers: Medicine and Photography in World War I America by Linker, Beth

“…This article challenges conventional theories about the role of medical photography in the early twentieth century. Some scholars argue that the camera…”
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Shooting Disabled Soldiers: Medicine and Photography in World War I America by LINKER, BETH

“…This article challenges conventional theories about the role of medical photography in the early twentieth century. Some scholars argue that the camera…”
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Feet for Fighting: Locating Disability and Social Medicine in First World War America by Linker, Beth

“…Summary This article describes the process by which 'flat feet' became a well-recognised medical diagnosis and eventually came to be seen as an important…”
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Roy Porter Student Prize Essay Winner: Feet for Fighting: Locating Disability and Social Medicine in First World War America by Linker, Beth

“…This article describes the process by which 'flat feet' became a well-recognised medical diagnosis and eventually came to be seen as an important indicator of…”
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Healing the Nation: Soldiers and the Culture of Caregiving in Britain during the Great War (review) by Linker, Beth

“…Focusing on how Britain recovered its wounded during World War I, Jeffrey Reznick demonstrates that the process of physical and psychic healing occurred on a…”
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Nicholas L. Tilney. A Perfectly Striking Departure: Surgeons and Surgery at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1912–1980. xi + 282 pp., illus., bibl., index. Sagamore Beach, Mass.: Science History Publications/USA, 2006. $35 (cloth) by Linker, Beth

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The Business of Ethics: Gender, Medicine, and the Professional Codification of the American Physiotherapy Association, 1918–1935 by LINKER, BETH

“…The history of codes of ethics in health care has almost exclusively been told as a story of how medical doctors developed their own professional principles of…”
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The business of ethics : Gender, medicine, and the professional codification of the American physiotherapy association, I9I8-I935 by LINKER, Beth

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