Psychiatric institutions and society: the practice of psychiatric committal in the "Third Reich," the Democratic Republic of Germany, and the Federal Republic of Germany, 1941-1963

"The book probes how the serious and sometimes fatal decision was made to admit individuals to asylums during Germany's age of extremes. The book shows that - even during the Nazi killing of the sick - relatives played an even more important role in most admissions than doctors and the aut...

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Main Author: Coché, Stefanie 1983- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2024
Series:Routledge studies in modern European history 103
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Summary:"The book probes how the serious and sometimes fatal decision was made to admit individuals to asylums during Germany's age of extremes. The book shows that - even during the Nazi killing of the sick - relatives played an even more important role in most admissions than doctors and the authorities. In light of admission practices, this study traces how ideas about illness, safety and normality changed when the Nazi regime collapsed in 1945 and illuminates how closely power configurations in the psychiatric sector were linked to political and social circumstances"--
Item Description:"© Brill Deutschland GmbH, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Psychiatrie und Gesellschaft. Psychiatrische Einweisungspraxis im DrittenReich,der DDR und der Bundesrepublik 1941-1963, Stefanie Coché (Göttingen, 2017)
Physical Description:348 Seiten 24 cm

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