Paths to Psychiatric Hospitalisation: A Sociological Analysis

By Roger Manktelow

Admission to psychiatric hospital is the end-result of a complicated social process. This book unravels the social influences, medical contingencies and decision-making which determine outcome. The process is described in terms of the individual, the family and the professionals involved.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1856284921
• ISBN13: 9781856284929
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Avebury
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.3"