Medical Malpractice In Nineteenth Century America

Author : Kenneth De Ville
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1992-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814744161

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Medical Malpractice in Nineteenth-Century America by Kenneth De Ville Pdf

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 began to initiate malpractice lawsuits against their physicians and surgeons. Among the reasons for this development were the decline in the belief in divine providence, increased competition between physicians and medical sects, and advances in medical science that led to unrealistically high expectations of the ability of physicians to cure . . . . This book is well written, often entertaining and witty, and is historically accurate, based on the best secondary, as well as primary sources from the time period. Highly recommended. -- Choice Adept at not only traditional historical research but also cultural studies, the author treats the reader to an intriguing discussion of how 19th-century Americans came truly to see their bodies differently . . . . a sophisticated new standard in the field of malpractice history. -- The Journal of the Early Republic By far the best compilation and analysis of early medical malpractice cases I have seen . . . . this excellently crafted study is bound to be of interest to a large number of readers. -- James C. Mohr, author of Abortion in America: The Origins and Evolution of a National Policy

Author : James C. Mohr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Jurisprudence
ISBN : 0801853982

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Doctors and the Law by James C. Mohr Pdf

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.

Author : Kenneth De Ville
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1992-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814718483

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Medical Malpractice in Nineteenth-century America by Kenneth De Ville Pdf

Author : William G. Rothstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Medical
ISBN : UCAL:B4288995

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American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century: from Sects to Science by William G. Rothstein Pdf

"[According to a survey of medical historians] the most important book of the past decade was William G. Rothstein's American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century."--Reviews in American History.

Author : Catherine Lynne Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Attitude to Health
ISBN : 162534158X

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Patient Expectations by Catherine Lynne Thompson Pdf

During the first half of the nineteenth century a major shift occurred in the medical treatment of illness in the United States, as physicians abandoned the use of "heroic" depletive therapies--the pukes and purges made famous in the 1790s by Dr. Benjamin Rush of Philadelphi--in favor of a let-nature-take-its-course approach to most diseases. Standard histories of American medicine have long attributed this shift to new theories and training methods as well as increased competition from homeopaths and botanical doctors. In this book, Catherine L. Thompson challenges that interpretation by emphasizing the role of patients as active participants in their own health care rather than passive objects of medical treatment. Focusing on Massachusetts, then as now a center of U.S. medical education and practice, Thompson draws on data from patients journals, medical account ledgers, physicians daybooks, and court records to link changes in medical treatment to a gradual evolution of patient expectations across varied populations. Specifically, she identifies three developments--the increasing use of cash in medical transactions, growing religious pluralism, and the rise of malpractice suit--as key factors in transforming patients into active medical consumers unwilling to submit to doctors advice without considering alternatives. By showing how nineteenth-century patients shaped therapeutic practice "through the medical choices they made or didn't make," Thompson's study alters our understanding of American medicine in the past and has implications for its present and future.

Author : John J Elwell
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 102091663X

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A Medicolegal Treatise on Malpractice, Medical Evidence and Insanity Comprising the Elements by John J Elwell Pdf

This comprehensive legal text provides a detailed examination of the emerging field of medical jurisprudence in the late 19th century. Elwell offers a meticulous analysis of the legal and ethical issues surrounding medical malpractice, medical evidence, and insanity and provides a thorough guide for practitioners and scholars in this burgeoning field. Drawing on a wide range of case studies and legal precedents, Elwell offers a detailed and authoritative account of the key debates and controversies in medical jurisprudence. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Kant Patel,Mark E. Rushefsky
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Medical care
ISBN : 076560390X

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Health Care Politics and Policy in America by Kant Patel,Mark E. Rushefsky Pdf

Fully updated in this new edition, Health Care Politics and Policy in America combines a historical overview of U.S. health policy and programs with analysis of current trends and reform efforts. The book -- shows how health policy fits into the larger social, economic, political, and ideological environment of the United States; -- identifies the roles played by both public and private, institutional and individual actors in shaping the health care system at all levels; -- considers the trade-offs inherent in various policy choices and their impacts on different social groups; -- takes account of the dynamic impact of technological change on health care capacities, costs, and ethics. This edition includes expanded discussion of equity issues and whether there is a "right" to health care, and a new chapter on the issue of medical liability. The concluding chapter brings the story of health care policy up to the end of the millennium, with particular attention to the managed care revolution and reaction to it. The book equips readers with the basic tools for drawing more informed judgments in the ongoing debate about health care policy in the United States.

Author : Virginia Ashby Sharpe,Alan I. Faden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998-02-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521634903

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Medical Harm by Virginia Ashby Sharpe,Alan I. Faden Pdf

A broad interdisciplinary analysis of the phenomenon of medically-induced illness and injury.

Author : John C. Burnham
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781421416090

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Health Care in America by John C. Burnham Pdf

A comprehensive history of sickness, health, and medicine in America from Colonial times to the present. In Health Care in America, historian John C. Burnham describes changes over four centuries of medicine and public health in America. Beginning with seventeenth-century concerns over personal and neighborhood illnesses, Burnham concludes with the arrival of a new epoch in American medicine and health care at the turn of the twenty-first century. From the 1600s through the 1990s, Americans turned to a variety of healers, practices, and institutions in their efforts to prevent and survive epidemics of smallpox, yellow fever, cholera, influenza, polio, and AIDS. Health care workers in all periods attended births and deaths and cared for people who had injuries, disabilities, and chronic diseases. Drawing on primary sources, classic scholarship, and a vast body of recent literature in the history of medicine and public health, Burnham finds that traditional healing, care, and medicine dominated the United States until the late nineteenth century, when antiseptic/aseptic surgery and germ theory initiated an intellectual, social, and technical transformation. He divides the age of modern medicine into several eras: physiological medicine (1910s–1930s), antibiotics (1930s–1950s), technology (1950s–1960s), environmental medicine (1970s–1980s), and, beginning around 1990, genetic medicine. The cumulating developments in each era led to today's radically altered doctor-patient relationship and the insistent questions that swirl around the financial cost of health care. Burnham's sweeping narrative makes sense of medical practice, medical research, and human frailties and foibles, opening the door to a new understanding of our current concerns.

Author : Michelle Follette Turk
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781943859719

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A History of Occupational Health and Safety by Michelle Follette Turk Pdf

The United States has a long and unfortunate history of exposing employees, the public, and the environment to dangerous work. But in April 2009, the spotlight was on Las Vegas when the Pulitzer committee awarded its public service prize to the Las Vegas Sun for its coverage of the high fatalities on Las Vegas Strip construction sites. The newspaper attributed failures in safety policy to the recent “exponential growth in the Las Vegas market.” In fact, since Las Vegas’ founding in 1905, rapid development has always strained occupational health and safety standards. A History of Occupational Health and Safety examines the work, hazards, and health and safety programs from the early building of the railroad through the construction of the Hoover Dam, chemical manufacturing during World War II, nuclear testing, and dense megaresort construction on the Las Vegas Strip. In doing so, this comprehensive chronicle reveals the long and unfortunate history of exposing workers, residents, tourists, and the environment to dangerous work—all while exposing the present and future to crises in the region. Complex interactions and beliefs among the actors involved are emphasized, as well as how the medical community interpreted and responded to the risks posed. Few places in the United States contain this mixture of industrial and postindustrial sites, the Las Vegas area offers unique opportunities to evaluate American occupational health during the twentieth century, and reminds us all about the relevancy of protecting our workers.

Author : Arne Hessenbruch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134263011

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Reader's Guide to the History of Science by Arne Hessenbruch Pdf

The Reader's Guide to the History of Science looks at the literature of science in some 550 entries on individuals (Einstein), institutions and disciplines (Mathematics), general themes (Romantic Science) and central concepts (Paradigm and Fact). The history of science is construed widely to include the history of medicine and technology as is reflected in the range of disciplines from which the international team of 200 contributors are drawn.

Author : Peter Ash,Richard L. Frierson,Susan Hatters Friedman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030919757

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Malpractice and Liability in Psychiatry by Peter Ash,Richard L. Frierson,Susan Hatters Friedman Pdf

This book comprehensively educates psychiatrists about malpractice and other liability. It is written to also specifically assist psychiatrists who are sued or are involved in other complaints. The first two sections discuss malpractice law and the litigation process; the litigation section mainly addresses some of the more emotionally charged issues, including do’s and don’ts, how an attorney will be looking at the case, the defendant doctor’s testifying at deposition and trial, and the stress of being sued. The subsequent three sections address specific topics that give rise to liability, with each section taking a different perspective such as risks in particular clinical, by practice site, and special issues, including practice in special situations such as the current pandemic. The final section discusses other forms of liability, such as complaints to medical boards or professional association ethics committees. An exceptional work, Malpractice and Liability in Psychiatry, functions as both a go-to handbook and all-encompassing read on the aforementioned topics.

Author : Melissa Dickson,Sally Shuttleworth,Emilie Taylor-Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : 1526133687

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Progress and Pathology by Melissa Dickson,Sally Shuttleworth,Emilie Taylor-Brown Pdf

This book examines the correlations being drawn between notions of progress and pathology across a range of socio-economic cultures in the long nineteenth century.

Author : Susan B. Rubin,Laurie Zoloth
Publisher : University Publishing Group.
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Diagnosis
ISBN : UOM:39015053129873

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Margin of Error by Susan B. Rubin,Laurie Zoloth Pdf

Author : William G. Rothstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015002867854

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American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century: from Sects to Science by William G. Rothstein Pdf

"[According to a survey of medical historians] the most important book of the past decade was William G. Rothstein's American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century."--Reviews in American History.