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Lennox Castle Hospital
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- Abstract:
This unit looks at the history of institutions in the twentieth century, starting with a case study of Lennox Castle Hospital. It tries to make sense of the history of Lennox Castle, and of institutional life in general, through testimony of those who experienced institutions as inmates and as nurses, as well as through Erving Goffman's model of the 'total institution'. It examines the social bases of segregation, the professionalzsation of staff in asylums and institutions, and campaigns for change in the treatment of those segregated from society in institutions.
- Subject:
- Humanities
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Collection:
- Open University OpenLearn