Pain : a political history /

Wailoo, Keith,

Pain : a political history / Keith Wailoo. - Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

The Trojan horse of pain -- Opening the gates of relief -- The conservative case against learned helplessness -- Divided states of analgesia -- Oxycontin unleashed.



9781421413662




Pain--Treatment--United States.
Pain--Treatment--Political aspects--United States.
Pain medicine--Political aspects--United States.
Medical policy--History.--United States
Politics, Practical.
Analgesics.
Pain Management--history
Health Policy--history
Politics
Pain--psychology
History, 21st Century
History, 20th Century
Analgesics


Electronic Books.

RB127 / .P356 2014