Mental health care in modern England : the Norfolk Lunatic Asylum/St. Andrew's Hospital c. 1810-1998 / Steven Cherry.

  • Cherry, Steven.
Date:
2003
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Publication/Creation

Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2003.

Physical description

xi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

Asylums, insanity and locality -- Norfolk Lunatic Asylum : plans, problems and patients, 1814-43 -- Superintendent and 'work therapy', 1843-61 -- Medical superintendent, expansion and reform, 1861-87 -- 'Successful conversion' : a managed community, 1887-1915 -- Two histories : the Norfolk War Hospital, 1915-19 -- St. Andrew's Hospital, innovation and constraints, 1920-39 -- Wartime and post-war crises, 1939-48 -- 'Modern treatment carried out under difficulty', 1948-1964 -- Community care and the end of a community, 1964-1998.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PP.RX.4446
    		Open shelves

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  • 0851159206