coerced treatment

Ian Murray seamus2001 at home.com
Wed Jun 13 13:35:53 PDT 2001



> >Segregation is the historical reality for disabled persons, and not
> >coincidentally the proliferation of institutions coincides with the
> >rise of capitalism.
> >Marta
>
> That makes sense, but in that case, our argument would be _for_ home
> care necessary for assisted living, directly or indirectly provided
> by the state, & improvement of it for both disabled persons &
> care-giving workers. Clarifying what disabled persons & care-giving
> workers need helps us better than a broad-brush criticism of the
> medical profession tout court.
>
> Yoshie
======== Ah, but we've just displaced the coercion; for we are saying that some 'home' must assume responsibility/liability for the care of disabled citizens and this becomes problematic if said citizens are nonetheless capable of exercising their liberty to refuse treatment and shelter.

Ian



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