Medical Malpractice in Nineteenth-century America

Medical Malpractice in Nineteenth-century America
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 335
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ISBN-10 : 9780814718483
ISBN-13 : 0814718485
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Book Synopsis Medical Malpractice in Nineteenth-century America by : Kenneth De Ville

Download or read book Medical Malpractice in Nineteenth-century America written by Kenneth De Ville and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1992-04 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was in the 1840s that Americans first began to sue physicians on a wide scale. The unprecedented wave of litigation that began in this decade disrupted professional relations, injured individual reputations, and burdened physicians with legal fees and damage awards. De Ville's account discusses this outbreak of malpractice litigation with the use of anecdotes.


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