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Cruel Compassion: Psychiatric Control of Society's Unwanted Thomas Szasz Syracuse Univ Pr Ed. edition
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Cruel Compassion: Psychiatric Control of Society's Unwanted
Thomas Szasz
In this short work, Dr. Szasz takes aim at conventional psychiatry, and at the attendent system of courts, hospitals, and psychiatrists who confine patients against their will. The focal point is a Supreme Court case involving a man forcibly committed to a Florida asylum for 14 years.
184 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 1, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780815605102 |
| Publishers | Syracuse University Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 228 × 16 mm · 394 g |
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