John Conolly

The Treatment of the Insane Without Mechanical Restraints

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1856 work, advocating the abolition of mechanical restraints in treating mentally ill patients, is a key text of asylum reform.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9781108063333
• ISBN-10: 1108063330
• Artikelnr.: 40052774

Inhaltsangabe

1. The last days of the old methods of treatment
2. The first days of the new or non-restraint system
3. The new system in private asylums
4. Abolition of mechanical restraints at Hanwell in 1839
5. Gradual adoption of the non-restraint system in the large asylums of England, after 1839
6. Progress of the new system on the continent
Conclusion.