Doctors and the Law
Medical Jurisprudence in Nineteenth-century America
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1996
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Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-5398-2 (ISBN)
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This study of doctors and the legal system in 19th-century America argues that, despite hopes to the contrary, the relationship became an increasingly adversarial one.
After the American Revolution, the new republic's most prominent physicians envisioned a society in which doctors, lawyers, and the state might work together to ensure public well-being and a high standard of justice. But as James C. Mohr reveals in 'Doctors and the Law', what appeared to be fertile ground for cooperative civic service soon became a battlefield, as the relationship between doctors and the legal system became increasingly adversarial. Mohr provides a graceful and lucid account of this prfound shift from civic republicanism to marketplace professionalism. He shows how, by 1900, doctors and lawyers were at each other's throats, medical jurisprudence had disappeared as a serious field of study for American physicians, the subject of insanity had become a legal nightmare, expert medical witnesses had become costly and often counterproductive, and an ever-increasing number of malpractice suits had intensified physicians' aversion to the courts. In short, the system we have taken largely for granted throughout the twentieth century had been established. 'Doctors and the Law' is a penetrating look at the origins of our inherited medico-legal system.
After the American Revolution, the new republic's most prominent physicians envisioned a society in which doctors, lawyers, and the state might work together to ensure public well-being and a high standard of justice. But as James C. Mohr reveals in 'Doctors and the Law', what appeared to be fertile ground for cooperative civic service soon became a battlefield, as the relationship between doctors and the legal system became increasingly adversarial. Mohr provides a graceful and lucid account of this prfound shift from civic republicanism to marketplace professionalism. He shows how, by 1900, doctors and lawyers were at each other's throats, medical jurisprudence had disappeared as a serious field of study for American physicians, the subject of insanity had become a legal nightmare, expert medical witnesses had become costly and often counterproductive, and an ever-increasing number of malpractice suits had intensified physicians' aversion to the courts. In short, the system we have taken largely for granted throughout the twentieth century had been established. 'Doctors and the Law' is a penetrating look at the origins of our inherited medico-legal system.
James C. Mohr is professor and chair of the Department of History at the University of Oregon. He has written several books on nineteenth-century social and political developments, including 'Abortion in America.' He has held Rockefeller-Ford, NEH, and Guggenheim fellowships and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.3.1996 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 14 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Baltimore, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 530 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Rechtsmedizin | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8018-5398-2 / 0801853982 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8018-5398-2 / 9780801853982 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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