Ben Barker

After a career as an ER physician, Dr. Ben Barker completed a residency in psychiatry at Camarillo State Hospital in California. In 1977, his novel The Time of the Terrorists was published--in 1980, he also wrote an article for the Foundation for Economic Freedom on the topic of terrorism. The same year his novel was published, he was indicted for a misdemeanor offence when a patient under his care committed suicide. An independent investigation by a board of medical professionals found Barker not at fault. Barker described the charges and subsequent media attention as a "legal assault on medicine."

Sources

Barker, B. Suicide by Patient: Criminal Charge Against Physician. JAMA. 1977;238(4):305. doi:10.1001/jama.1977.03280040025008

Barker, Ben. “Ideas... (Noble and Otherwise).” FEE Freeman Article, Foundation for Economic Education, 1 Dec. 1980, fee.org/articles/ideas-noble-and-otherwise/.

Barker, Ben. “The Psychology of Cultism.” FEE Freeman Article, Foundation for Economic Education, 1 Apr. 1980, fee.org/articles/the-psychology-of-cultism/.