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