Lewis A. Grossman, "Choose Your Medicine: Freedom of Therapeutic Choice in America"
English | ISBN: 0190612754 | 2021 | 416 pages | EPUB | 11 MB
English | ISBN: 0190612754 | 2021 | 416 pages | EPUB | 11 MB
A comprehensive history of the concept of freedom of therapeutic choice in the United States that presents a compelling look at how persistent but evolving notions of a right to therapeutic choice have affected American policy and law from the Revolution through the Trump Era.
Throughout American history, lawmakers have limited the range of treatments available to patients, often with the backing of the medical establishment. The country's history is also, however, brimming with social movements that have condemned such restrictions as violations of fundamental American liberties. This fierce conflict is one of the defining features of the social history of medicine in the United States.
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