Who Qualifies for Rights?
Failer, Judith Lynn![Who Qualifies for Rights?](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/196/19610782/CHSBZCOP0319610782.jpg)
When mental health workers took Joyce Brown from her "home" on a New York City sidewalk and hospitalized her against her will, she defended herself by asserting her rights: to live where she wanted, to speak to the press to deride the city's policy, and to refuse unwanted psychiatric treatment. In theory, as a United States citizen, Brown possessed rights protecting her from governmental intrusion into her personal life. In practice, those rig...