Closing the asylum : the mental patient in modern society
Barham, Peter1997
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Although 'community care' may seem an attractive way to avoid the institutionalisation of the Victorian mental hospital, it involves implications for the standards of care available to ex-mental patients. Barham exposes the system's hidden costs.
Main title:
Closing the asylum : the mental patient in modern society / Peter Barham.
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 1997.
Collation:
xv, 214p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: 1992.Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-206) and index.
ISBN:
9780140265804 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.20425
Local class:
362.20425
Language:
English
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BRN:
1562456
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