Cruel compassion : psychiatric control of society's unwanted / Thomas Szasz.

Author/creator Szasz, Thomas
Format Book
Edition1st Syracuse University Press ed.
Publication InfoSyracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1994.
Descriptionxv, 264 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Part One: Storing the unwanted -- The indigent -- The debtor -- The epileptic -- The child -- The homeless -- Part Two: The political economy of psychiatry -- The origin of psychiatry -- Economics and psychiatry -- Adult dependency: idleness as illness -- The new psychiatric deal -- Re-storing the mental patient -- The futility of psychiatric reform -- Epilogue.
General noteOriginally published: New York : Wiley, c1994.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-252) and indexes.
LCCN 97042659
ISBN0815605102 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780815605102 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Laupus Books - Stacks WM 100 S996C 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold