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The Disabled Soldier
There has been evidenced in the past but scant public concern in the welfare of the disabled. It is probable that one reason for this has been the failure to advocate, in popular form, the logic of the arguments in favor of rehabilitation for self-support -- arguments which have only to be made clear to meet with cordial and hearty acceptance. It is my hope that the present volume will go far to promote understanding of the real needs of disabled men, and enlist public interest in the cause of reconstruction....
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Title: The Disabled Soldier
Creator: Douglas C. McMurtrie (author)
Date: 1919
Format: Book
Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York
Source: Available at selected libraries
Keywords: American Red Cross; Amputees; Assistive Technology; Canada; Cripple; Doctors; Douglas C. McMurtrie; Economics; Employment; England; France; Germany; Hospitals; India; Institutions; Italy; Jeremiah Milbank; Labor; Labor & Commerce; Medical Professionals; Medicine; Medicine & Science; Physical Disability; Policy; Public Health & Welfare; Rehabilitation; Social Welfare & Communities; Technology & Equipment; Veterans; Veterans & Military; Vocational Rehabilitation; War; Work; WWI
Topics: Government, Policy & Law


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