Outside the walls of the asylum : the history of care in the community 1750-2000

Outside the walls of the asylum : the history of care in the community 1750-2000 /

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 construction of madness, the boarding out of lunatics by poor law authorities, familial care and t...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Bartlett, Peter, Wright, David, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New Brunswick, N.J. : Athlone Press, 1999
Series:Studies in psychical research.
Subjects:
Psychiatric hospital care > Great Britain > History.
Psychiatric hospitals > Great Britain > History.
Mental health policy > Great Britain > History.
Psychiatric hospital care > Ireland > History.
Psychiatric hospitals > Ireland > History.
Mental health policy > Ireland > History.
Mental Health Services > history
Health Policy > history
Hospitals, Psychiatric > history
Ireland.
United Kingdom
Ireland
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary: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 construction 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 resource (xiii, 337 pages)
Format: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.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780567598509
0567598500
1283200996
9781283200998
9786613200990
6613200999
Access:Legal Deposit;
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.

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