Pharmacracy: Medicine and Politics in America by Thomas Szasz
English | 30 Apr. 2001 | ISBN: 0275971961 | 238 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | 30 Apr. 2001 | ISBN: 0275971961 | 238 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
In recent decades, American medicine has become increasingly politicized and politics has become increasingly medicalized. Behaviors previously seen as virtuous or wicked, wise or unwise are now dealt with as healthy or sick–unwanted behaviors to be controlled as if they were health issues.