Madness at home : the psychiatrist, the patient, and the family in England, 1820-1860 /
This provocatively argued study, paints a fascinating picture of how families viewed and managed madness, suggesting that the family actually played a critical role in caring for the insane and in the development of psychiatry itself.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
©2006.
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| Collection: | Medicine and society ;
13. |
| Accès en ligne: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnfqp |
| Résumé: | This provocatively argued study, paints a fascinating picture of how families viewed and managed madness, suggesting that the family actually played a critical role in caring for the insane and in the development of psychiatry itself. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520932210 0520932218 1423745485 9781423745488 1598759310 9781598759310 9780520245808 0520245806 1282358839 9781282358836 9786612358838 6612358831 |