Book ID: CBB000102661

Mental disability in Victorian England: The Earlswood Asylum, 1847-1901 (2001)

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Wright, David (Author)


Clarendon


Publication Date: 2001
Physical Details: xii + 244 pp., maps, illus., bibl., index
Language: English

Description Social history of 19th century institutionalization in the context of family and community care.


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Review Thomson, Mathew (2003) Review of "Mental disability in Victorian England: The Earlswood Asylum, 1847-1901". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 246). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Baur, Nicole
Peschier, Diana
Maieron, Mario Augusto
Musci, Leonardo
Junkka, Johan
Scrimgeour, David
Concepts
Psychiatric hospitals
Mental disorders and diseases
Medicine and society
Psychiatry
Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment
Medicine
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
21st century
18th century
Places
England
Great Britain
Italy
Devon (England)
Hamburg (Germany)
London (England)
Institutions
National Health Service (Great Britain)
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