War, politics, and philanthropy : the history of rehabilitation medicine / Richard Verville.

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2009], ©2009.

xii, 277 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-266) and index.

1. Setting the stage -- 2. In the beginning : the early years of the founders of rehabilitation medicine -- 3. The roots of rehabilitation medicine in the progressive era, 1900 to 1920 -- 4. The 1920s and small steps forward -- 5. The thirties, medicine, social insurance, and rehabilitation at the Mayo Clinic -- 6. World War II, Howard Rusk, Henry Kessler, and the Baruch Committee -- 7. The immediate postwar years : the VA, private rehabilitation facilities, unions, and a medical specialty in PM&R -- 8. Polio, FDR, and rehabilitation medicine -- 9. The expansive 1950s : rehabilitation medicine develops under the leadership of Mary Switzer and Howard Rusk -- 10. Rehabilitation leadership in the turbulent 1960s and the end of an era -- 11. The 1970s : vulnerability, new leadership, and the disability movement -- 12. The 1970s : congressional leadership and the golden era for comprehensive rehabilitation and disability policy -- 13. The 1980s : Medicare expansion, rehabilitation research at NIH, and the maturation of rehabilitation medicine -- 14. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and comprehensive rehabilitation medicine -- 15. A brief epilogue.