Medicalization of Everyday Life

Thomas Szasz

Syracuse University Press, 2007

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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.

ISBN-13
9780815608677
ISBN-10
0815608675
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Year
2007
Publication date
2007-10-08
Pages
202
Dimensions
162x318x17
Weight
328