Divided Legacy, Volume III
Subtitle: Science and Ethics in American Medicine
Edition: 2Rev Ed edition
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: January 27, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 580
ISBN-13: 9780913028964
Subjects: Popular medicine; United States; Homeopathy; Medical / Nursing; Medicine; Alternative Medicine; Medical / History; History; American Medical Association
First sentence: In the 1820's and 1830's the corporate body of American physicians-a well-established professional class with a virtual monopoly over the legal practice of medicine-lost its privileged position and political power to a series of competing and hostile groups of practitioners.