Dr. Thomas Szasz’s Campaign against Psychiatric Coercion and the “Therapeutic State”
The late Dr. Thomas Szasz, who was well known to libertarians, believed using coercion to treat psychiatric patients was a form of torture. He left a legacy of freedom in a profession that has all but abandoned liberty.
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