Polio: An American Story
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0195307143
ISBN 13
9780195307146
Category
Pathology
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Publication Year
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press, United Kingdom
Pages
352
Subject
Polio
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Description
Insightful look at the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and how it revolutionized medical research, fundraising, and the perception of disease in America. The book shows how the Polio experience revolutionized the way government licenses and tests new drugs and the way in which the legal system dealt with manufacturers of unsafe products.
Number of Copies
2
