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Creating Confidentiality: Physician-Patient Privilege and Medical Confidentiality in the United States, 1776-1975

Wilkinson, Miles (University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)

This dissertation examines the 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 ...
Licensing American Physicians: 1870-1907

Sandvick, Clinton (University of Oregon, 2014-06-17)

In 1870, physicians in United States were not licensed by the state or federal governments, but by 1900 almost every state and territory passed some form of medical licensing. Regular physicians originally promoted licensing ...
Secrets in the Courtroom: The Origins of Physician-Patient Privilege in America, 1776-1920

Wilkinson, Miles (University of Oregon, 2015-08-18)

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, ...