Book Details

Civilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War A Study of Austerity on London's Fringe

Publication year: 2021

: 978-3-030-54871-1

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This book explores the history of asylums and their civilian patients during the First World War, focusing on the effects of wartime austerity and deprivation on the provision of care.


: History, Social History, History of Medicine, History of Britain and Ireland, Psychiatry, Shell shock, Soldiers, Madness, Welfare austerity, Institutional care, Hospitals, Patient experiences, Napsbury, Colney Hatch, Claybury, Hanwell, Standards of care