Medical Malpractice in Nineteenth-Century America: Origins and Legacy

by R.B. Freeman, Kenneth De Ville, Kenneth Deville, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814718485
• ISBN13: 9780814718483
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"