| Description |
x, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Dylan Tomlinson and John Carrier -- 1. Asylums: Utopias and realities / Andrew Scull -- 2. The decline of asylum or the poverty of the concept? / James Raftery -- 3. Asylum and the community in Spain / Oscar Martinez Azumendi -- 4. The appeal to madness in Ireland / Lindsay Prior -- 5. Law and the social uses of the asylum in nineteenth-century Ireland / Mark Finnane -- 6. The refuge function of psychiatric hospitals / Dylan Tomlinson, John Carrier and James Oerton -- 7. Haven within or without the hospital gate: A reappraisal of asylum provision in theory and practice / Rosalind Furlong -- 8. The American, Flemish and British cases of asylum in the community / Dylan Tomlinson -- 9. Some models of asylum and help in times of crisis / Jan Wallcraft -- 10. The Sanctuary project / Geraldine Huka -- Conclusion / Dylan Tomlinson and John Carrier |
| Notes |
First published in 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Community mental health services.
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Mentally ill -- Care.
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Mentally ill -- Social conditions.
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Psychiatric hospital care.
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| Author |
Carrier, John.
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Tomlinson, Dylan Ronald, 1955-
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| LC no. |
95025158 |
| ISBN |
0415107423 |
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0415107431 (paperback) |
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