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Medicalization of Everyday Life: Selected Essays
Thomas Szasz
A collection of essays that chronicles the author's long campaign against the orthodoxies of psychiatry. From ""Medicine to Magic"" to ""Medicine as Social Control,"" this book delves into the history of medicalization, including ""The Discovery of Drug Addiction,"" ""Persecutions for Witchcraft and Drugcraft,"" and ""Food Abuse and Foodaholism.
200 pages, notes, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 8, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780815608677 |
| Publishers | Syracuse University Press |
| Pages | 202 |
| Dimensions | 318 × 162 × 17 mm · 322 g |
| Language | English |
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