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It was in the 1840s that Americans first began to sue physicians on a wide scale. The unprecedented wave of litigation that began in this decade disrupted professional relations, injured individual reputations, and burdened physicians with legal fees and damage awards. De Ville's account discusses this outbreak of malpractice litigation with the use of anecdotes.Product Identifiers
PublisherNew York University Press
ISBN-139780814718483
eBay Product ID (ePID)86400815
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
Publication NameMedical Malpractice in Nineteenth-Century America: Origins and Legacy
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year1992
TypeTextbook
AuthorKenneth De Ville
SeriesThe American Social Experience
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight513 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorKenneth De Ville