Asylums - Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates

Informationen zum Autor Goffman, Erving Klappentext A total institution is defined by Goffman as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated, individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of life Zusammenfassung A total institution is defined by Goffman as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated, individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of life Inhaltsverzeichnis On The Characteristics of Total Institutions 1; The Moral Career of the Mental Patient; The Underlife of a Public Institution 1; The Medical Model and Mental Hospitalization 1

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• Authors: David Dutton, Erving Goffman, Goffman Erving
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2007
• EAN: 9780202309712
• ISBN: 978-0-202-30971-2
• No. of pages: 410
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social, group or collective psychology, Care of the mentally ill, Care of people with mental health issues