Pain : a political history

Pain : a political history /

This book examines how pain and compassionate relief define a line between society's liberal trends and conservative tendencies. Tracing the development of pain theories in politics, medicine, and law, and legislative and social quarrels over the morality and economics of relief, the author poi...

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Main Author: Wailoo, Keith (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014
Subjects:
Pain > Treatment > United States.
Pain > Treatment > Political aspects > United States.
Pain medicine > Political aspects > United States.
Medical policy > United States > History.
Politics, Practical.
Analgesics.
Pain Management > history
Health Policy > history
Politics
Pain > psychology
History, 21st Century
History, 20th Century
Analgesics
politics.
United States
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

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