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The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care /

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This open access book is the first comparative study of public, voluntary and private asylums in nineteenth-century Ireland. Examining nine institutions, it explores whether concepts of social class and status and the emergence of a strong middle class informed interactions between gender, religion,...

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Hlavní autor: Mauger, Alice (Autor)
Korporativní autor: SpringerLink (Online service)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edice:Mental Health in Historical Perspective
Témata:
History.
History, Modern.
Great Britain > History.
Social history.
Psychiatry.
Medicine > History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Social History.
History of Medicine.
Modern History.
On-line přístup:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65244-3
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Obsah:
  • 1 . Introduction
  • 2. The Non-Pauper Insane: Private, Voluntary and State Concerns
  • 3. An Institutional Marketplace
  • 4. ‘A Considerable Degree removed from Pauperism?’: The Social Profile of Fee-Paying Patients
  • 5. ‘The Evil Effects of Mental Strain and Overwork’: Employment, Gender and Insanity
  • 6. ‘A Great Source of Amusement’: Work Therapy and Recreation
  • 7. Respect and Respectability: The Treatment and Expectations of Fee-Paying Patients
  • 8. Conclusion.

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