Download or read book Medicine, Law and Public Policy in Scotland written by Mark Freeman and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on Scotland, this collection draws together the three main strands of Anne Crowther's academic research - welfare, medicine and legal history - and reflects the range of her historical scholarship. Based on original research, the essays in this book examine important developments in key Scottish institutions, question enduring myths about the nature of Scottish legal and medical practice, and explore the intersections between medicine, the law and public policy.