Outside the walls of the asylum: the history of care in the community 1750-2000
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Athlone Press 1999
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
This historical account of the care of insanity outside formal instruction explores key issues relating to the social history of madness from 1750 to the present day. These include women and the social construciton of madness, the boarding out of lunatics by poor law authorities, familial care and treatment of the insane and the practice of mental healing by general practitioners
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 337 pages)
ISBN:9780567598509
0567598500
0485115417
9780485115413
0485121476
9780485121476

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