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Pharmacracy: Medicine and Politics in America
Thomas Szasz
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Pharmacracy: Medicine and Politics in America
Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz argues that the modern penchant for transforming human problems into ""diseases"" and judicial sanctions into ""treatments"", replacing the rule of law with the rule of medical discretion, leads to a type of government he calls ""pharmacracy"", eroding personal freedom and dignity.
248 pages, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 1, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780815607632 |
| Publishers | Syracuse University Press |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 239 × 155 × 23 mm · 362 g |
| Language | English |
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