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Mental Hygiene and Psychiatry in Modern Britain (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History)
Jonathan Toms
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Description for Mental Hygiene and Psychiatry in Modern Britain (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History)
Hardcover. Through an examination that uses previously unavailable archives and little-used primary literature, this book places the twentieth-century mental hygiene movement within the broad sweep of modern British psychiatry, offering its own reinterpretation of important elements of this history. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 475.
Through an examination that uses previously unavailable archives and little-used primary literature, this book places the twentieth-century mental hygiene movement within the broad sweep of modern British psychiatry, offering its own reinterpretation of important elements of this history.
Through an examination that uses previously unavailable archives and little-used primary literature, this book places the twentieth-century mental hygiene movement within the broad sweep of modern British psychiatry, offering its own reinterpretation of important elements of this history.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137321565
SKU
V9781137321565
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99-15
About Jonathan Toms
Jonathan Toms is a Fellow of the Institute for the History and Work of Therapeutic Environments. He has a PhD in the history of medicine and was a Wellcome Funded Research Fellow at the University of Warwick Centre for the History of Medicine, UK, from 2006-9. He has published articles on the history of mental health and learning disability.
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