Lyndhurst : Canada's first rehabilitation centre for people with spinal cord injuries, 1945-1998

Lyndhurst : Canada's first rehabilitation centre for people with spinal cord injuries, 1945-1998 / Geoffrey Reaume.

Only recently have the voices of the disabled - the personal experiences of people with disabilities - been included in medical history. Lyndhurst marks an important contribution to disability and medical history by providing first-person accounts of patients, staff, and disability activists at Lynd...

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Main Author: Reaume, Geoffrey
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2007
Series:McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 28.
Subjects:
Lyndhurst Lodge (Toronto, Ont.) > History.
Lyndhurst Lodge (Toronto, Ont.)
Spinal cord > Wounds and injuries > Patients > Rehabilitation > Canada > History.
Spinal cord > Wounds and injuries > Patients > Ontario > Biography.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Spinal cord > Wounds and injuries > Patients
Spinal cord > Wounds and injuries > Patients > Rehabilitation
Canada
Ontario
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Before Lyndhurst: Treatment of People with Spinal Cord Injuries up to 1945
  • 2 From DVA to CPA, 1945-50
  • 3 A Reputation for Rehabilitation: Lyndhurst Lodge, 1950-64
  • 4 The Longest Decade, 1964-74
  • 5 Lyndhurst on Sutherland: From Autonomy to Amalgamation, 1974-98
  • 6 Conclusion: Lyndhurst's Legacy.

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