Patient Expectations : How Economics, Religion, and Malpractice Shaped Therapeutics in Early America.
Thompson, Catherine L.
Patient Expectations : How Economics, Religion, and Malpractice Shaped Therapeutics in Early America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (204 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Medical Practice in Massachusetts -- 2. Self-Medication in the Nineteenth Century -- 3. Money and Medicine -- 4. Patient Expectations and Religious Beliefs -- 5. Medicine and Malpractice -- Conclusion -- Tables -- Appendix A. Self-Medication Data -- Appendix B. Diagnosis Tables for the 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s -- Appendix C. List of Massachusetts Cases Identified -- Appendix D. Criminal Cases in Massachusetts -- Appendix E. Methodologies Used -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.
9781613763629
Patient Care - history - United States.
Electronic books.
R728
610.68
Patient Expectations : How Economics, Religion, and Malpractice Shaped Therapeutics in Early America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (204 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Medical Practice in Massachusetts -- 2. Self-Medication in the Nineteenth Century -- 3. Money and Medicine -- 4. Patient Expectations and Religious Beliefs -- 5. Medicine and Malpractice -- Conclusion -- Tables -- Appendix A. Self-Medication Data -- Appendix B. Diagnosis Tables for the 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s -- Appendix C. List of Massachusetts Cases Identified -- Appendix D. Criminal Cases in Massachusetts -- Appendix E. Methodologies Used -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.
9781613763629
Patient Care - history - United States.
Electronic books.
R728
610.68