Secrets in the Courtroom: The Origins of Physician-Patient Privilege in America, 1776-1920
This thesis examines the nineteenth-century rise of physician-patient privilege in the United States. Owing to the Duchess of Kingston’s 1776 trial for bigamy, the privilege is not recognized in many common law jurisdictions, including federal courtrooms. Beginning in New York in 1828, however, phys...
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University of Oregon
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19307 |