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The great British reformer Jeremy Bentham wrote that 'the art of legislation is but the art of healing practised upon a large scale'. He added that 'It is the common endeavour of both to relieve men from the miseries of life. But the physician relieves them one by one: the legislator by millions at a time'. Bentham raised the question of the interplay of medicine with politics. It forms an important topic with powerful contemporary overtones. This volume, containing eleven essays plus a lengthy introduction, seeks to explore it historically. It takes a long perspective, covering the last two centuries and also an international viewpoint, examining Britain in detail but also containing contributions dealing with the United States, Germany, Russia and France.

Dissertations. --- Medicine and society. --- Philosophy of medicine. --- Sociology. --- Medicine --- Medical laws and legislation --- Medical policy --- Health care policy --- Health policy --- Medical care --- Medicine and state --- Policy, Medical --- Public health --- Public health policy --- State and medicine --- Science and state --- Social policy --- Law, Medical --- Medical personnel --- Medical registration and examination --- Physicians --- Surgeons --- Medical jurisprudence --- Health Workforce --- History. --- Government policy --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Law and legislation