SUICIDE

Copyright © 2014 by James Leonard Park

Books selected and reviewed by James Park,

existential philosopher and advocate of the right-to-die with careful safeguards.

The following books are organized in order of quality, beginning with the best.

The paragraphs in black are intended to present objective facts about each book.
The remarks in red are the evaluations and opinions of this reviewer.



 



1.  Thomas Szasz

Suicide Prohibition:
The Shame of Medicine


(Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2011)       132 pages
(ISBN: 978-0-8156-0990-2; hardcover)
(Library of Congress call number: RC569.S93 2011)

    Continuing his attack on coercive psychiatry,
Thomas Szasz offers a sustained argument
that no one should have the power to confine and 'treat' another human being
because of alleged tendencies to kill himself or herself.

    However, he offers no alternatives to the standard practice
of using the police power of the state to confine individuals
considered to be a danger to themselves and/or others.



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