Civilian Lunatic asylums during the First World War : A study of Austerity on London's Fringe
- Author
- Claire Hilton
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Social Science
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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.
Keywords: 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
