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The confinement of the insane : international perspectives, 1800-1965 / edited by Roy Porter, David Wright.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 376 p. : illISBN: - 9780521802062 (hbk.) :
- 0521802067
- Psychiatric hospitals -- History -- 19th century
- Psychiatric hospitals -- History -- 20th century
- Insane -- Commitment and detention -- History -- 19th century
- Insane -- Commitment and detention -- History -- 20th century
- Health and Wellbeing
- Social & cultural history
- Psychiatry
- Mental health services
- History of medicine
- 362.210921 POR
- RC439 .C737 2003
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 362.210921 POR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 126283 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This collection examines the origins of asylum as a mechanism for the treatment of insanity. Taking a global view, it considers the socioeconomic & theoretical factors which have shaped the modern notion of madness & the need for confinement of those deemed to be insane.