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Medical History

Lyndhurst

Canada's First Rehabilitation Centre for People with Spinal Cord Injuries, 1945-1998

by (author) Geoffrey Reaume

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2007
Category
History, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773532120
    Publish Date
    Apr 2007
    List Price
    $45.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773576476
    Publish Date
    Apr 2007
    List Price
    $34.95

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Lyndhurst was the first facility in Canada to focus solely on people with spinal cord injuries, eventually also treating people with related disabilities, such as polio. Geoffrey Reaume details the changes in treatment of paraplegia and quadriplegia that allowed more people to survive and to return to the community, the evolution of social policies that emphasized greater inclusiveness in society for people with physical disabilities, and the role of disability activism in helping to advance these changes.

About the author

Geoffrey Reaume is assistant professor, critical disability studies, York University, and the author of Remembrance of Patients Past: Patient Life at the Toronto Hospital for the Insane, 1870-1940.

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