Outside the walls of the asylum : on 'care in the community' in modern Britain and Ireland /
edited by Peter Bartlett and David Wright.
- Linton : Athlone, 1999.
- 260p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
This historical account of the care of insanity outside formal institutions explores key issues relating to the social history of madness from 1750 to the present day.
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