Description: Medical Negligence in Victorian Britain : The Crisis of Care under the English Poor Law, , Paperback by Price, Kim, ISBN 135000202X, ISBN-13 9781350002029, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Medical Negligence in Victorian Britain is the first detailed exploration of the hundreds of charges of neglect against doctors who were contracted to the 'new' poor law after the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. The author moves beyond the hyperbole of Victorian public 'scandal' to use medical negligence as a prism through which to view hidden aspects of poor law doctors and their patients. This provides a uniquely grounded perspective, from the day-to-day experience of medical practice – for both doctor and patient – to the context of the medico-political, socio-legal and cultural processes that underpinned the social construction of negligence at this time. The result is a clearly enunciated description of what negligence meant to the Victorians and how they sought to define and deal with negligent care, moving the topic from the sidelines of English welfare history to the centre-stage role it played in Victorian society. Thematically and chronologically arranged in two parts, th uses extensive new archival material with a particular focus on the official inquiries into neglect conducted by poor law inspectors. It offers a fresh perspective on the poor laws that has repercussions for wider histories of welfare, medicine and legal medicine.
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Book Title: Medical Negligence in Victorian Britain : The Crisis of Care unde
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Medical Negligence in Victorian Britain : The Crisis of Care under the English Poor Law, C. 1834-1900
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: Health Care Delivery, Medical Law & Legislation, Physicians, Modern / 20th Century, Poverty & Homelessness, Social History, Europe / Great Britain / General, Legal History
Item Weight: 12.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Law, Social Science, Medical, History
Author: Kim Price
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
