Psychiatric Ideologies and Institutions

by Anselm L. Strauss

Book Overview

The authors of this volume point out that what is ordinarily termed the psychiatric hospital's "social structure" is principally derived from three sources: the number and kinds of professionals who work there; the treatment ideologies and professional identities of these professionals; and the relationships of the institution and its professionals to outside communities, both professional and lay. They describe hospitals as sites where ideological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878557857
• ISBN13: 9780878557851
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 445 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"