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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465215103321

Autore

Wailoo Keith

Titolo

Pain : a political history / / Keith Wailoo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4214-1366-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Disciplina

616/.0472

Soggetti

Medical policy - History - United States

Pain - Treatment - History - United States

Analgesics - United States

History, 20th Century - United States

History, 21st Century - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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