Pharmacracy
| Author | : Thomas Szasz |
| Publisher | : Syracuse University Press |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : 2003-09-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0815607636 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780815607632 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (632 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Pharmacracy by : Thomas Szasz
Download or read book Pharmacracy written by Thomas Szasz and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 social critic Thomas Szasz calls "pharmacracy." He warns that the creeping substitution of democracy for pharmacracyprivate personal concerns increasingly perceived as requiring a medical-political responseinexorably erodes personal freedom and dignity.
