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In this short work, Dr. Szasz takes aim at conventional psychiatry, and at the attendent system of courts, hospitals, and psychiatrists who confine patients against their will. The focal point is a Supreme Court case involving a man forcibly committed to a Florida asylum for 14 years.

Cruel Compassion

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    A Paperback by Thomas Szasz

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      Publisher: MP-SYR Syracuse University P
      Publication Date: 2/28/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815605102, 978-0815605102
      ISBN10: 0815605102
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      Book Synopsis
      In this short work, Dr. Szasz takes aim at conventional psychiatry, and at the attendent system of courts, hospitals, and psychiatrists who confine patients against their will. The focal point is a Supreme Court case involving a man forcibly committed to a Florida asylum for 14 years.

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