From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency Historical Perspectives on People with Learning Disabilities Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine Series
Coordonnateurs : Digby Anne, Wright David
From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency is the first book devoted to the social history of people with learning disabilities in Britain. Approaches to learning disabilities have changed dramatically in recent years. The implementation of 'Care in the Community', the campaign for disabled rights and the debate over the education of children with special needs have combined to make this one of the most controversial areas in social policy today.
The nine original research essays collected here cover the social history of learning disability from the Middle Ages through the establishment of the National Health Service. They will not only contribute to a neglected field of social and medical history but also illuminate and inform current debates.
The information presented here will have a profound impact on how professionals in mental health, psychiatric nursing, social work and disabled rights understand learning disability and society's responses to it over the course of history.
David Wright is Wellcome Lecturer in the History of Medicine at the University of Nottingham.,
Anne Digby is Professor of Social History at Oxford Brookes University.
Date de parution : 12-2014
13.8x21.6 cm
Thèmes de From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency :
Mots-clés :
disability; poor; law; mentally; disabled; person; defect; lucid; intervals; mentaldeficiency; Royal Albert Asylum; Parish Nurses; Mental Deficiency; St Botolph Bishopsgate; Mental Deficiency Act; Mental Defectives; Poor Law Workhouses; Mental Deficiency Institutions; Idiot Asylum; Voluntary Asylums; Medical Practitioners; Feeble Minded Children; Permanent Segregation; Industrial Schools; Western Counties; Cheshire Society; Compos Mentis; Strays Society; Juvenile Justice System; Female Defectives; Grand Bazaar; Mentally Handicapped; Juvenile Courts; Demarcation Line; Mental Disabilities