Religion, Law, and the Medical Neglect of Children in the United States, 1870-2000: 'The Science of the Age'

by Lynne Curry

Book Overview

Drawing upon a diverse range of archival evidence, medical treatises, religious texts, public discourses, and legal documents, this book examines the rich historical context in which controversies surrounding the medical neglect of children erupted onto the American scene. It argues that several nineteenth-century developments collided to produce the first criminal prosecutions of parents who rejected medical attendance as a tenet of their religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030246884
• ISBN13: 9783030246884
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"