Patient Expectations : How Economics, Religion, and Malpractice Shaped Therapeutics in Early America.
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- 9781613763629
- 610.68
- R728
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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