Prescribed: Writing, Filling, Using, and Abusing the Prescription in Modern America
- ISBN-10
- 1421405067
- ISBN-13
- 9781421405063
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 343
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-05-14
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Authors
- Jeremy A. Greene, Elizabeth Siegel Watkins
Description
The first authoritative look at the history of the prescription itself, Prescribed is a groundbreaking book that subtly explores the politics of therapeutic authority and the relations between knowledge and practice in modern medicine.
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- 2012-05-14
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