Outside the Walls of the Asylum: On Care in the Community in Modern Britain and Ireland
Author:   Peter Bartlett ,  David Wright
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9780485121476


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 October 1999
Format:   Paperback
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Outside the Walls of the Asylum: On Care in the Community in Modern Britain and Ireland


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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.

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Author:   Peter Bartlett ,  David Wright
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.409kg
ISBN:  

9780485121476


ISBN 10:   0485121476
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 October 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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David P. Wright is associate professor of Hebrew Bible and ancient Near East at Brandeis University.

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