Product Description: A provocative presentation of medicolegal controversies within the American court system from the late 19th through the late 20th century.• Includes entries on key people such as Thomas Noguchi, laws including the Frye Rule, and key concepts such as informed consent• Provides a chronology of the most important events in the history of medicine in the courtroom, including the Baby M and duty-to-disclose case...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: The overwhelming focus on Paris is probably nowhere in French studies more obvious than in treatments of the French Revolution. Until recently, with few exceptions, historians of the revolution have begun and ended with the events and philosophies of the capital...read more