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Pain: A Political History

By Keith Wailoo
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By Keith Wailoo
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Pain touches sensitive nerves in American liberalism, conservatism, and political life.

People in chronic pain have always sought relief—and have always been judged—but who decides whether someone is truly in pain? In this history of American political culture, Keith Wailoo examines how pain and compassionate relief define a line between society's liberal trends and conservative tendencies. Tracing the development of pain theories in politics, medicine, law, and society, and battles over the...

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