http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/b735f669c214171796cfff548cbd94f3.pdf 60f1928cae481a7c1d7d4f2f2b90be0e PDF Text Text March 20, 1986 Howard W, Fisher, M.D. lO Sandcastle Court Pueblo, CO 81001 Dear Dr. Fisher, In reply to your earlier letter to the APA in June, 1985, I suggested you obtain counsel to advise you as how best to proceed. I am still of the same opinion: "Your letter to the APA was forwarded to me for comment. You are quite right that there has been an active anti-ECT lobby in this country, best exemplified by the media atention to Peter Breggin and the repeated showing of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and other anti-psychiatry films; by the legal issues in California and Vermont; and by the willingness of many psychiatric leaders to argue that ‘after all, we all know that ECT is abused'. It is not clear what can be done in one instance such as yours, other than by the usual legal maneuvers. To that end, the legal firm that is defending your malpractice actions should be acquainted with those of us in the APA who have served as consultants in defending the actions of our members. Your lawyers should be given the names of the following knowledgeable consultants: Richard Abrams, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL Gary Aden, San Diego, CA Fred Frankel, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA Sidney Malitz, Columbia University, New York, NY Trevor Price, University of Pennsylvania, PA Iver Small, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN Richard Weiner, Duke University, Durham, NC "These men are active fellows of the APA and have ably defended legal issues on behalf of other members with difficulties similar to your own. - <y—wxvv—wrv-o s—urvw-wxaq-v-u "As you already have discovered, the APA lacks a central agency to help our members with ECT problems, despite the fact that the Task Force in 1978recommended a continuing committee to attend to such matters. You wish to write a letter reminding the present president, Dr. Nadelson and may the medical director, Melvin Sabshin, of this deficiency." Sincerely yours, ”who-w w w'w'v u w- r ,. -wnr. -.- WM. W'wI-ml“"r' v“ ....,. Mr “Vm'vwvw'urr Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Fisher, Howard W. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-030-8-248 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence