Medical Malpractice In Nineteenth Century America
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Medical Malpractice In Nineteenth Century America
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Author : Kenneth De Ville
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1992-04-01
Medical Malpractice In Nineteenth Century America written by Kenneth De Ville and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-04-01 with History categories.
Highly readable . . . . interdisciplinary history of a high order. -- The Historian Well-written and superbly documented . . . . Both physicians and lawyers will find this book useful and fascinating. -- Journal of the American Medical Association This is the first book-length historical study of medical malpractice in 19th-century America and it is exceedingly well done . . . . The author reveals that, beginning in the 1840s, Americans began to initiate malpractice lawsuits against their physicians and surgeons. Among the reasons for this development were the decline in the belief in divine providence, increased competition between physicians and medical sects, and advances in medical science that led to unrealistically high expectations of the ability of physicians to cure . . . . This book is well written, often entertaining and witty, and is historically accurate, based on the best secondary, as well as primary sources from the time period. Highly recommended. -- Choice Adept at not only traditional historical research but also cultural studies, the author treats the reader to an intriguing discussion of how 19th-century Americans came truly to see their bodies differently . . . . a sophisticated new standard in the field of malpractice history. -- The Journal of the Early Republic By far the best compilation and analysis of early medical malpractice cases I have seen . . . . this excellently crafted study is bound to be of interest to a large number of readers. -- James C. Mohr, author of Abortion in America: The Origins and Evolution of a National Policy
Doctors And The Law
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Author : James C. Mohr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Doctors And The Law written by James C. Mohr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Jurisprudence categories.
After the American Revolution, the new republic's most prominent physicians envisioned a society in which doctors, lawyers, and the state might work together to ensure public well-being and a high standard of justice. But as James C. Mohr reveals in Doctors and the Law, what appeared to be fertile ground for cooperative civic service soon became a battlefield, as the relationship between doctors and the legal system became increasingly adversarial. Mohr provides a graceful and lucid account of this prfound shift from civic republicanism to marketplace professionalism. He shows how, by 1900, doctors and lawyers were at each other's throats, medical jurisprudence had disappeared as a serious field of study for American physicians, the subject of insanity had become a legal nightmare, expert medical witnesses had become costly and often counterproductive, and an ever-increasing number of malpractice suits had intensified physicians' aversion to the courts. In short, the system we have taken largely for granted throughout the twentieth century had been established. Doctors and the Law is a penetrating look at the origins of our inherited medico-legal system.
Patient Expectations
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Author : Catherine Lynne Thompson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Patient Expectations written by Catherine Lynne Thompson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Attitude to Health categories.
During the first half of the nineteenth century a major shift occurred in the medical treatment of illness in the United States, as physicians abandoned the use of "heroic" depletive therapies--the pukes and purges made famous in the 1790s by Dr. Benjamin Rush of Philadelphi--in favor of a let-nature-take-its-course approach to most diseases. Standard histories of American medicine have long attributed this shift to new theories and training methods as well as increased competition from homeopaths and botanical doctors. In this book, Catherine L. Thompson challenges that interpretation by emphasizing the role of patients as active participants in their own health care rather than passive objects of medical treatment. Focusing on Massachusetts, then as now a center of U.S. medical education and practice, Thompson draws on data from patients journals, medical account ledgers, physicians daybooks, and court records to link changes in medical treatment to a gradual evolution of patient expectations across varied populations. Specifically, she identifies three developments--the increasing use of cash in medical transactions, growing religious pluralism, and the rise of malpractice suit--as key factors in transforming patients into active medical consumers unwilling to submit to doctors advice without considering alternatives. By showing how nineteenth-century patients shaped therapeutic practice "through the medical choices they made or didn't make," Thompson's study alters our understanding of American medicine in the past and has implications for its present and future.
Medical Malpractice In Nineteenth Century America
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Author : Kenneth De Ville
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1992-04
Medical Malpractice In Nineteenth Century America written by Kenneth De Ville and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-04 with History categories.
American Physicians In The Nineteenth Century From Sects To Science
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Author : William G. Rothstein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
American Physicians In The Nineteenth Century From Sects To Science written by William G. Rothstein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Medical categories.
"[According to a survey of medical historians] the most important book of the past decade was William G. Rothstein's American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century."--Reviews in American History.
A Medicolegal Treatise On Malpractice Medical Evidence And Insanity Comprising The Elements
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Author : John J Elwell
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
A Medicolegal Treatise On Malpractice Medical Evidence And Insanity Comprising The Elements written by John J Elwell and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
This comprehensive legal text provides a detailed examination of the emerging field of medical jurisprudence in the late 19th century. Elwell offers a meticulous analysis of the legal and ethical issues surrounding medical malpractice, medical evidence, and insanity and provides a thorough guide for practitioners and scholars in this burgeoning field. Drawing on a wide range of case studies and legal precedents, Elwell offers a detailed and authoritative account of the key debates and controversies in medical jurisprudence. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Modernisation National Identity And Legal Instrumentalism Vol I Private Law
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-12-16
Modernisation National Identity And Legal Instrumentalism Vol I Private Law written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-16 with Law categories.
This book, one of two volumes, is an anthology that analyses, through selected examples, the role played in the development of private law by the pursuit of goals serving modernisation or national ideologies in various countries, cultural spheres, and periods.
Medical Culture In Revolutionary America
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Author : Linda S. Myrsiades
language : en
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Release Date : 2009
Medical Culture In Revolutionary America written by Linda S. Myrsiades and has been published by Associated University Presse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
Focusing on doctors' feuds and duels, yellow fever epidemics in Philadelphia, and a court-martial of the medical director of army hospitals in the Revolutionary War, this title is set during a time when American medicine was caught in a period of catastrophic change.
Health Care Politics And Policy In America
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Author : Kant Patel
language : en
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Release Date : 1999
Health Care Politics And Policy In America written by Kant Patel and has been published by M.E. Sharpe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Medical care categories.
Fully updated in this new edition, Health Care Politics and Policy in America combines a historical overview of U.S. health policy and programs with analysis of current trends and reform efforts. The book -- shows how health policy fits into the larger social, economic, political, and ideological environment of the United States; -- identifies the roles played by both public and private, institutional and individual actors in shaping the health care system at all levels; -- considers the trade-offs inherent in various policy choices and their impacts on different social groups; -- takes account of the dynamic impact of technological change on health care capacities, costs, and ethics. This edition includes expanded discussion of equity issues and whether there is a "right" to health care, and a new chapter on the issue of medical liability. The concluding chapter brings the story of health care policy up to the end of the millennium, with particular attention to the managed care revolution and reaction to it. The book equips readers with the basic tools for drawing more informed judgments in the ongoing debate about health care policy in the United States.
Medical Harm
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Author : Virginia Ashby Sharpe
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-02-13
Medical Harm written by Virginia Ashby Sharpe and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-02-13 with Health & Fitness categories.
It is estimated that up to thirteen percent of hospital admissions result from the adverse effects of diagnosis or treatment, and that almost seventy percent of iatrogenic complications are preventable. The obligation to 'do no harm' has been central to medical conduct since ancient times, yet iatrogenic illness has now come to be recognized as a significant risk factor in health care delivery. This book integrates history, philosophy, medical ethics and empirical data to examine the concept and phenomenon of medical harm. Issues covered include appropriateness of care, acceptable risk and practitioner accountability, and the book concludes with recommendations for limiting iatrogenic harm. Essential reading for medical ethicists, physicians and those involved in health care policy and administration, this stimulating and highly readable book will be of interest to all providers of health care, and many of their patients.