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Refusing Care : Forced Treatment and the Rights of the Mentally Ill
Refusing Care Forced Treatment and the Rights of the Mentally Ill
Author: Elyn R. Saks
It has been said that how a society treats its least well-off members speaks volumes about its humanity. If so, our treatment of the mentally ill suggests that American society is inhumane: swinging between overintervention and utter neglect, we sometimes force extreme treatments on those who do not want them, and at other times discharge mental...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226733975
ISBN-10: 0226733971
Publication Date: 12/1/2002
Pages: 314
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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