{"product_id":"choose-your-medicine-lewis-a-grossman-9780190612757","title":"Choose Your Medicine: Freedom of Therapeutic Choice in America","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA comprehensive history of the concept of freedom of therapeutic choice in the United States that presents a compelling look at how persistent but evolving notions of a right to therapeutic choice have affected American policy and law from the Revolution through the Trump Era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThroughout American history, lawmakers have limited the range of treatments available to patients, often with the backing of the medical establishment. The country's history is also, however, brimming with social movements that have condemned such restrictions as violations of fundamental American liberties. This fierce conflict is one of the defining features of the social history of medicine in the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eChoose Your Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e, Lewis A. Grossman presents a compelling look at how persistent but evolving notions of a right to therapeutic choice have affected American health policy, law, and regulation from the Revolution through the Trump Era. Grossman grounds his analysis in historical examples ranging from unschooled supporters of botanical medicine in the early nineteenth century to sophisticated cancer patient advocacy groups in the twenty-first. He vividly describes how activists and lawyers have resisted a wide variety of legal constraints on therapeutic choice, including medical licensing statutes, FDA limitations on unapproved drugs and alternative remedies, abortion restrictions, and prohibitions against medical marijuana and physician-assisted suicide. Grossman also considers the relationship between these campaigns for desired treatments and widespread opposition to state-compelled health measures such as vaccines and face masks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the streets of San Francisco to the US Supreme Court, \u003cem\u003eChoose Your Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e examines an underexplored theme of American history, politics, and law that is more relevant today than ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lewis A. Grossman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190612754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190612757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.60w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022","brand":"Lewis A. Grossman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045526040831,"sku":"9780190612757","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ded17146-bf67-4875-8e98-53e3a90c228b.jpg?v=1684979278","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/choose-your-medicine-lewis-a-grossman-9780190612757","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}