Monograph: Pain - A Political History

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................3
Main topic of the book................................................................................................................3
Structure of the topic...................................................................................................................3
Main arguments...........................................................................................................................4
Main evidence used.....................................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6
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Introduction
Monograph is referred to as a specialist work of writing that is based on a single subject
often by a single author. This project is a review of monograph article titled as "Where does it
hurt?". It is based on the book "Pain: A Political History" which was written by Keith Wailoo.
This book is based on American political culture and touches the sensitive nerves of American
liberalism, conservatism and political life. This project covers a brief discussion over the topic
discussed in the book to understand the structure adopted in the article. Further, main evidences
used are discussed to understand the main argument provided in the book and covered in the
article.
Main Body
Main topic of the book
The book "Pain: A Political History" by Keith Wailoo has the pain of political turnout as
its backdrop. It examines the lines of pain as defined between the liberals and the conservatives
or the Democrats and the Republicans from World War II to the 21st century (Pain: A Political
History, Keith Wailoo, 2020). It argues over the supremacy of pain i.e. it discusses the pains such
as pain of disablement and end-of-life pain to fetal pain, to battle out which pain should be given
supremacy on the basis of reality, intensity and frequency. This supremacy provides for the
further ideological battle of relief as to who shall be given due deserving relief, at the bedside, in
the courts and in politics. This book begins with return of soldiers after World War II when the
situation was marred by pain of disability under fierce medical and political disagreements.
Wailoo then explores the subsequent rise of liberal pain standards as well as emerging conviction
about the real, disabling and compensable subjective pain along the 1960s. These mentioned
concepts were under attacked during Reagan Era, when the backlash of the diminished disability
aid expanded the role of courts as arbitrators in the political struggle to define pain. This pain
politics further opened new fronts in nationwide political and demographical typology.
Advocates for death with dignity were insisting that end-of-life pain shall be given full warranted
relief, on the other hand, religious right mobilised around fetal pain.
Structure of the topic
This article takes through the journey of physical pain experienced by the American
people in the second half of twentieth century. The article on pain started with an introduction of
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