Colonialism and Transnational Psychiatry - The Development of an Indian Mental Hospital in British India, C.

Informationen zum Autor Waltraud Ernst is Professor of the History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University Klappentext This book provides an in-depth case study of a psychiatric institution within the context of colonial rule during the early twentieth century. It focuses on patient statistics, medical treatments and diagnoses, and considers the 'indigenisation' or 'Indianisation' of the colonial medical services and the significance of international professional networks. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Tables and Figures; Introduction; Chapter 1: Indianisation and its Discontents; Chapter 2: The Patients: The Demographics of Gender and Age, Locality, Occupation, Caste and Religion; Chapter 3: Institutional Trends and Standardisation: Deaths, Diseases and Cures; Chapter 4: Classifications, Types of Disorder and Aetiology; Chapter 5: Treatments; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Product details

• Authors: Waltraud Ernst, Ernst Waltraud
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2013
• EAN: 9780857280190
• ISBN: 978-0-85728-019-0
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Anthem South Asian Studies; Anthem Modern South Asian History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / General