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Other authors / contributors: | Bartlett, Peter.
Wright, David, 1965-
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ISBN: | 9780567598509 0567598500 0485115417 9780485115413 0485121476 9780485121476 1283200996 9781283200998 9786613200990 6613200999
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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Summary: | This historical account of the care of insanity outside formal instruction explores key issues relating to the social history of madness from 1750 to the present day. These include women and the social construciton of madness, the boarding out of lunatics by poor law authorities, familial care and treatment of the insane and the practice of mental healing by general practitioners.
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Other form: | Print version: Outside the walls of the asylum. London ; New Brunswick, N.J. : Athlone Press, 1999 0485115417
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