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Drama True story of Elizabeth Kenny, a young nurse in the Australian outback who, witnessing patients with polio, determined to come up with a treatment for the disease. She did but, because the cure was unorthodox, Kenny faced steadfast opposition from the medical community. This compelled her to devote many hours to her work, and to battle doctors unwilling to accept her discovery. In the process, her marriage suffered, but the maverick ... [+]
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August 25, 2011
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Biografía de la intrépida enfermera interpretada por Rosalind Russell que optó al Oscar a la mejor actriz. Dirige Dudley Nichols, guionista de La diligencia
y Hombres intrépidos.
Elizabeth Kenny (Russell) fue una enfermera que gracias a su labor en los campos australianos, desarrolló teorías y técnicas para el tratamiento de la poliomielitis.
Alcanzar el reconocimiento de la efectividad de su trabajo va a suponer largos años de esfuerzo y de insistencia.
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