Madness in Buenos Aires - Patients, Psychiatrists, and the Argentine State, 1880-1983. Jonathan Ablard (New)

Examines the interactions between psychiatrists, patients and their families, and the national state in modern Argentina. This book offers a fresh interpretation of the Argentine state's relationship to modernity and social change during the twentieth century, while also examining the often contentious place of psychiatry in modern Argentina.

About the author

Jonathan D. Ablard is associate professor of history at Ithaca College.

Summary

Examines the interactions between psychiatrists, patients, and their families, and the national state in modern Argentina. This book offers a fresh interpretation of the Argentine state's relationship to modernity and social change during the twentieth century, while also examining the often contentious place of psychiatry in modern Argentina.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Ablard, Jonathan D. Ablard
• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2008
• EAN: 9781552382332
• ISBN: 978-1-55238-233-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 488 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General