Negotiating insanity in the southeast of Ireland, 1820-1900 /

This text explores local medical, lay and legal negotiations with the asylum system in 19th-century Ireland. It deepens our understanding of protagonists' attitudes towards the mentally ill and institutional provision for the care and containment of people diagnosed as insane.

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Author / Creator: Cox, Catherine, 1970-
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Imprint: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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