"Throughout 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. In Choose Your Medicine, 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." -- book jacket.

List of members in each vol.

Provides all the information the author--a recent medical school graduate--wishes he had when choosing a medical specialty. It details each specialty's average salary, type of practice, hours worked per week, job satisfaction rankings, match statistics, and more.

July 1918-1943 include reports of various neurological and psychiatric societies.