Moncrieff, JM;
(2014)
'Freedom is more important than health': Thomas Szasz and the problem of paternalism.
International Psychiatry
, 11
(2)
pp. 46-48.
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Abstract
When Thomas Szasz summed up his philosophical principles at the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ annual meeting in Edinburgh in 2010, he declared that ‘freedom is more important than health’. Psychiatry is the arena in which the conflict between freedom and health comes most sharply into focus, according to Szasz. This paper proposes some parallels with medicine in low-income countries for pointers towards a resolution of this conflict.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | 'Freedom is more important than health': Thomas Szasz and the problem of paternalism |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/PUB_IPv11n2.pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the International Psychiatry Open Access Licence Agreement (http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/PUB_IPOpenAccess%20Licence_Feb13.pdf). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1502196 |
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