A nurse gains fame in the days of polio
December 28, 2013
But thanks to “Polio Wars: Sister Kenny and the Golden Age of American Medicine,†a new biography by Naomi Rogers, a Yale University medical historian, readers can learn why she gained such fame. And while Ms. Kenny’s work was mostly in polio, which has nearly been eradicated, her emphasis on the care of individual patients and close bedside observation could not be more relevant in an era dominated by randomized controlled trials. (New York Times)
