Institutional Care and the Mentally Handicapped

The Mental Handicap Hospital
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-34174-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1986, Institutional Care and the Mentally Handicapped is a historical record of institutions at one stage of their development.

The book is divided into four parts. Part one examines the development and history of institutions, and the methods used by the author for this study. Part two explores the structure of ideas in one institution. Part three discusses the structure of social action in the institution, and the final part examines the general nature of institutions in modern society. This book will be a valuable read for students and researchers of social work, sociology, and disability studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alaszewski, Andy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. The institution 2. The Jane Eagle Hospital study 3. The structure of the classification of wards 4. The meaning of the classification of patients: mixtures and anomalies 5. The meaning of the classification of patients: organic analogies 6. The ward system as a source of knowledge: nurse training 7. Mealtimes: variations in activity patterns and between wards 8. Nurses’ control strategies: three case studies 9. Conclusion