Mental Health and Canadian Society: Historical Perspectives
James E. Moran, David WrightIn 1860, inmates built a brick wall around the Toronto Lunatic Asylum to separate themselves from prying eyes. The lunatic asylum has played a continuing role in historical attempts to deal with mental health, injecting tragic, almost gothic overtones of geographical isolation, medical experimentation, and social control into public perceptions of the field.
Godina:
2006
Izdavač:
McGill-Queen's University Press
Jezik:
english
Strane:
288
ISBN 10:
0773576541
ISBN 13:
9780773576544
Serije:
McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society; 26
Fajl:
PDF, 2.06 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2006