Suicide prohibition
Subtitle: the shame of medicine
By: Thomas Szasz
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780815609902
Subjects: Suicide; Medical policy; Prevention; Psychological aspects
Description: Examination and critique of contemporary anti-suicide policies that are based on the notion that voluntary death is a mental health problem, and systematically lays out the dehumanizing consequences of psychiatrizing suicide prevention.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Suicide prohibition; title: The suicide prohibition agent; title: The marriage of Asclepius and Atropos; title: Separation : emigration, secession, suicide; title: The shame of medicine; title: Envoi.