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Unfortunate Folk

Essays on Mental Health Treatment, 1863-1992
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Description

From electro-convulsive therapy to epilepsy, from criminal lunacy to community care, Unfortunate Folks: Essays on Mental Health Treatment, 1863-1992 , opens windows on to the history of mental health treatment in New Zealand.

Author Biography:

Barbara Brookes is an associate professor in the history department, University of Otago. One of her research interests is the history of medicine and her work in this field has acted as a catalyst for students. She has supervised several of the students whose work appears in this book. Jane Thomson is an independent editor who worked with Michael Reilly on another volume of student essays, When the Waves Rolled in Upon Us: Essays in Nineteenth-Centry Maori History, also published by University of Otago Press.
Release date NZ
January 1st, 2001
Collection
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Contributors
  • Edited by Barbara Brookes
  • Edited by Jane Thomson
Pages
304
Dimensions
230x155x20
ISBN-13
9781877276095
Product ID
2370894

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