Feminist Ethnography of Secure Wards for Women With Learning - Locked Away

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: One Year, One Unit; Chapter 2: Learning Disabled Women in Secure Services; Chapter 3: Life on the Unit; Chapter 4: Relationships on the Locked Ward; Chapter 5: Difficult Women?; Chapter 6: Moving On: Progression Through Services; Chapter 7: Intersections – Making Conclusions; Index

About the author

Rebecca Fish has been working with people with learning disabilities since 1997. Her early work explored the meaning of self-harm for people with learning disabilities and the staff who work with them. This work informed policy and practice in the UK. She completed her PhD in 2015 and works as a researcher for the Centre for Disability Research at Lancaster University.

Summary

This is the first ethnographic study ever conducted in a locked ward for learning disabled women. Through making their voices heard, it identifies new ways of interpreting their experiences and unique perspectives on topics such as seclusion, restraint, and resistance.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Fish, Rebecca (Lancaster University Fish, Fish Rebecca
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367338947
• ISBN: 978-0-367-33894-7
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Interdisciplinary Disability Studies; Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, MEDICAL / Nursing / Reference, Feminism & feminist theory, Disability: social aspects, Feminism and feminist theory, Medical Sociology, MEDICAL / Nursing / Mental Health