Thomas Szasz

Broschiertes Buch

Law, Liberty and Psychiatry

An Inquiry Into the Social Uses of Mental Health Practices

Beschreibung

Dr. Thomas Szasz on the shortcomings of commitment procedures, and the inadequacies of protections afforded patients in psychiatric institutions. He alerts us to the existing and potential abuses of human rights in mental health programs and procedures.

Autor

Thomas Szasz is professor emeritus of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. His books include Law, Liberty, and Psychiatry, The Manufacture of Madness, Ideology and Insanity, Ceremonial Chemistry, The Myth of Psychotherapy, Psychiatry: The Science of Lies, and The Medicalization of Everyday Life, all published by Syracuse University Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Syracuse University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780815602422
• ISBN-10: 0815602421
• Artikelnr.: 21290106