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The manufacture of madness: a comparative study of the inquisition and the mental health movement

By:

Szasz, T.S

Publication details: London Routledge and Kegan Paul 1971Description: 383; bibl.; BookFindISBN:

071007221X

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Summary: HardbackSummary: Every age, labels others to a particular fate, such as the witch consigned to the fire. The priest has now been replaced by the psychiatrist and this text examines the role of medicine as a more insidious tyrant than religion, as it claims to be beneficial to both the patient and the commonwealth.

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves	WM 440 SZA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		HOM1530

rliu 190606a|rliu 190606

Hardback

Every age, labels others to a particular fate, such as the witch consigned to the fire. The priest has now been replaced by the psychiatrist and this text examines the role of medicine as a more insidious tyrant than religion, as it claims to be beneficial to both the patient and the commonwealth.

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