| A class apart? Admissions to the Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum 1890-1910. | |
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PMID: 15005919 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Our perceptions of 'class' and what it meant to be a pauper or a private patient require redefinition before we can draw any firm conclusions on the importance of class to the patient experience in the nineteenth-century Scottish asylum. This chapter argues that a range of influences within the asylum, including financial concerns and a striving for respectability, led to the reconceptualisation of the private patient in this period, thus negating any direct translation of rich and poor into private and pauper. Such an interpretation challenges Scull's suggestion that divisions between private and pauper asylum patients was an accurate reflection of class divisions within Victorian society. |
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Authors:
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Lorraine Walsh |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Volume: 73 ISSN: 0045-7183 ISO Abbreviation: Clio Med Publication Date: 2004 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-03-09 Completed Date: 2004-04-09 Revised Date: 2009-11-11 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0057664 Medline TA: Clio Med Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 249-69 Citation Subset: IM; Q |
Affiliation:
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University of Dundee. |
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Commitment of Mentally Ill
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history*,
statistics & numerical data Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Hospitals, Psychiatric / history*, statistics & numerical data Humans Male Mental Disorders / classification, diagnosis, history*, therapy Psychiatry / history Scotland Social Class Social Values* Socioeconomic Factors |
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