Medicine on trial a handbook with cases, laws, and documents
Title:
Medicine on trial a handbook with cases, laws, and documents
Author:
Cawthon, Elisabeth A., 1957-
ISBN:
9781851095698
9781851095643
9781280712456
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Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 333 p.)
Series:
ABC-CLIO's on trial series
On trial.
Contents:
Introduction -- Historical background -- Cases -- Impact and legacy -- Documents.
Abstract:
This is a presentation of medicolegal controversies within the American court system from the late 19th- through the late 20th-century. It includes A-Z entries on critical events, issues such as the insanity plea and the "wild beast" test.
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