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Pharmacracy - Medicine and Politics in America (Paperback, 1st Syracuse University Press ed) Loot Price: R590

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Pharmacracy - Medicine and Politics in America (Paperback, 1st Syracuse University Press ed)

Thomas Szasz

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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 pharmacracy--private personal concerns increasingly perceived as requiring a medical-political response--inexorably erodes personal freedom and dignity.

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Imprint:	Syracuse University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2003
First published:	November 2003
Authors:	Thomas Szasz
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	212
Edition:	1st Syracuse University Press ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8156-0763-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
LSN:	0-8156-0763-6
Barcode:	9780815607632