Cargando…

Lawyers' medicine : the legislature, the courts, and medical practice, 1760-2000 /

This book investigates how the requirements, limitations and intellectual structure of the British legal process have shaped medicine and medical practice. The story of this inter-relationship is greatly under-researched, which is particularly concerning given that the legal system remains a signifi...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Goold, Imogen, Kelly, Catherine, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2009.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book investigates how the requirements, limitations and intellectual structure of the British legal process have shaped medicine and medical practice. The story of this inter-relationship is greatly under-researched, which is particularly concerning given that the legal system remains a significant and pervasive influence on medicine and its practice to this day. The question which unifies the series of historical studies presented here is whether legal consideration of medical practice and concepts has played a part in the construction of medical concepts and affected developments in med.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 224 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781847315342
1847315348
9781474200653
1474200656