Rest and restitution : convalescence and the public mental hospital in England, 1919-39

Previous histories have tended to look beyond the asylum for innovations in early twentieth-century mental healthcare. In contrast, this thesis appraises the mental hospital as the nexus for a new approach to convalescent care and makes the case for a more integrated conception of institutional and...

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Main Author: Soanes, Stephen
Published: University of Warwick 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.572914