Negotiating insanity in the southeast of Ireland, 1820-1900 /
This text explores local medical, lay and legal negotiations with the asylum system in 19th-century Ireland. It deepens our understanding of protagonists' attitudes towards the mentally ill and institutional provision for the care and containment of people diagnosed as insane.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester ; New York : New York :
Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This text explores local medical, lay and legal negotiations with the asylum system in 19th-century Ireland. It deepens our understanding of protagonists' attitudes towards the mentally ill and institutional provision for the care and containment of people diagnosed as insane. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 276 pages) : charts |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-266) and index. |
ISBN: | 1781704767 9781781704769 9781526129840 1526129841 |