The asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century England
The history of psychiatry is not merely the history of psychiatrists; it is also the history of patients. In this paper, admission records and case notes of a county asylum are used to consider the attitudes of those confined within it, and how the asylum was understood by patients relative to othe...
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| description | The history of psychiatry is not merely the history of psychiatrists; it is also the history of patients. In this paper, admission records and case notes of a county asylum are used to consider the attitudes of those confined within it, and how the asylum was understood by patients relative to other options for care, most notably the workhouse. |
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| spelling | nottingham-16732020-05-04T20:33:17Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1673/ The asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century England Bartlett, Peter The history of psychiatry is not merely the history of psychiatrists; it is also the history of patients. In this paper, admission records and case notes of a county asylum are used to consider the attitudes of those confined within it, and how the asylum was understood by patients relative to other options for care, most notably the workhouse. Elsevier 1998 Article PeerReviewed Bartlett, Peter (1998) The asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century England. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 21 (4). pp. 421-432. ISSN 0160-2527 nineteenth-century asylum workhouse insanity patient narratives Leicestershire poor law http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160252798000235 doi:10.1016/S0160-2527(98)00023-5 doi:10.1016/S0160-2527(98)00023-5 |
| spellingShingle | nineteenth-century asylum workhouse insanity patient narratives Leicestershire poor law Bartlett, Peter The asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century England |
| title | The asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century England |
| title_full | The asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century England |
| title_fullStr | The asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century England |
| title_full_unstemmed | The asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century England |
| title_short | The asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century England |
| title_sort | asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century england |
| topic | nineteenth-century asylum workhouse insanity patient narratives Leicestershire poor law |
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