Refusing Care: Forced Treatment and the Rights of the Mentally Ill
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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 mentally ill patients who do want treatment without providing adequate resources for their care in the community...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226733971
ISBN13:9780226733975
Release Date:December 2002
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:314 Pages
Weight:1.28 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"
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