All Posts Tagged With: "American Psychiatric Association"
The Shame of Medicine: Alan Turing Redux
In my May 2009 column I recounted the tragic story of the medical-legal persecution of the famed British mathematician and World War II code breaker Alan Turing. In June, John Graham-Cumming, a British computer programmer, created a petition on the “No. 10 Downing Street” website asking for a government apology for Turing’s mistreatment. On September [...]
24Feb2010 | Thomas Szasz | 1 comment | ContinuedCivil Liberties and Civil Commitment
Defenders of civil liberties readily recognize when some state interventions—such as censorship of the press or forced religious observances—violate civil liberties. However, many of the same defenders of civil liberties are unable or refuse to recognize when certain other state interventions—such as civil commitment—violate civil liberties.
1Dec2003 | Thomas Szasz | 8 comments | Continued-
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