Thursday, December 01, 2005

Loss of the father of “a right to treatment”


The staff and board members of the Treatment Advocacy Center mourn the death of Dr. Morton Birnbaum, 79, the father of the concept of a "right to treatment." In doing so, we also celebrate the life of this amazing man.

  • Tribute to Dr. Birnbaum by Rael Jean Isaac, author of “Madness in the Streets”
  • Obituary, The New York Sun, December 1, 2005 (reprinted with permission)