Doctors and the Law: Medical Jurisprudence in Nineteenth-Century America

by James C. Mohr and Professor James C. Mohr

Book Overview

After the American Revolution, the new republic's most prominent physicians envisioned a society in which doctors, lawyers, and the state would work together to ensure public well-being and a high standard of justice. By the 1830s, medical jurisprudence was being taught as an important subject in the nation's best medical schools, new medical ideas about insanity inspired major legal reforms, and legal issues stimulated medical advances. Medical malpractice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195053842
• ISBN13: 9780195053845
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"