The clinic and the court : law, medicine and anthropology /

"Law and medicine can be caught in a tight embrace. They both play a central role in the politics of harm, making decisions regarding what counts as injury and what might be the most suitable forms of redress or remedy. But where do law and medicine converge and diverge in their responses to an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Harper, Ian (Anthropologist) (Editor ), Kelly, Tobias (Editor ), Khanna, Akshay (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Colección:Cambridge studies in law and society.
Temas:
Medical laws and legislation.
Medical jurisprudence.
Applied anthropology.
Médecine légale.
Anthropologie appliquée.
forensic medicine.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Applied anthropology
Medical jurisprudence
Medical laws and legislation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Law and medicine can be caught in a tight embrace. They both play a central role in the politics of harm, making decisions regarding what counts as injury and what might be the most suitable forms of redress or remedy. But where do law and medicine converge and diverge in their responses to and understandings of harm and suffering? Using empirical case studies from Europe, the Americas and Africa, The Clinic and the Court brings together leading medical and legal anthropologists to explore this question"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781139923286
1139923285
9781316319710
1316319717

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