Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates
Asylums is an analysis of life in "total institutions"--closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals. It focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects the person and how the person can deal with life on...
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Asylums is an analysis of life in "total institutions"--closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals. It focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects the person and how the person can deal with life on the inside.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780385000161 (0385000162)
Publish date: 1961
Publisher: Anchor Books
Pages no: 386
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Academic,
Science,
Health,
Sociology,
Psychology,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
Social Science
Interesting, but hard to read.
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