Pain: A Political History

by Keith Wailoo

Book Overview

People in chronic pain have always sought relief--and have always been judged--but who decides whether someone is truly in pain? In this history of American political culture, Keith Wailoo examines how pain and compassionate relief define a line between society's liberal trends and conservative tendencies. Tracing the development of pain theories in politics, medicine, law, and society, and battles over the morality and economics of relief, Wailoo...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421418401
• ISBN13: 9781421418407
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.0"