Letter from Judi Chamberlin to Nat Hentoff

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Title:
Letter from Judi Chamberlin to Nat Hentoff
Description:
Accompanying material on forced drugging and the lack of information on side effects available to patients. Offering to send more information and suggesting that Hentoff be informed of the Rogers v. Okin right to refuse treatment case in Boston. Asserting that forced drugging and the threat of commitment are means of patient control and are afforded little to no appropriate oversight. Pointing out the absurdity of "voluntary" commitment when the threat of commitment exists should the patient attempt to voluntarily leave a psychiatric facility.
Creator:
Chamberlin, Judi, 1944-2010
Addressee:
Hentoff, Nat
Date:
August 30, 1979
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 2 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Judi Chamberlin Papers
Subjects:
Actions and defenses
Involuntary treatment
Mentally ill--Civil rights
Psychiatric hospital patients--Abuse of
Psychotropic drugs
Lapon, Lenny
Extent:
2 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums768-b002-f018-i010
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Language:
English
Notes:
Digitization sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Identifier:
mums768-b002-f018-i010