Critical perspectives in forensic care : inside out

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Critical perspectives in forensic care : inside out

edited by Tom Mason and Dave Mercer

Macmillan, 1998

  • : hardcover
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

A full and challenging examination of the practice and contextual issues relating to nursing in secure units - whether within special hospitals, the prison service or more general hospitals. Historical and philosophical issues are explored, then more practical aspects are discussed.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: the Silent Scream
  • T.Mason & D.Mercer.- From Devilry to Diagnosis: the Painful Birth of Forensic Psychiatry
  • D.Mercer & T.Mason.- Beyond Madness and Badness: Where Angels Fear to Tread?
  • D.Mercer.- Control in the Community
  • G.McCann.- Violence, Fear and Power
  • R.Whittington.- Seclusion: a Catacomb of Control
  • T.Mason & M.Chandley.- More than a Pound of Flesh: a Patient's Perspective
  • S.George.- The Nature of the Beast: Sex Offender Treatment
  • D.Mercer.- Rehabilitation: 'The Ship of Fools'?
  • T.Mason & D.Mercer.- The Ceremonial and Moral Order of a Ward for Psychopaths
  • J.Richman.- Therapy vs Security: Reconciling Healing and Damnation
  • S.Burrow.- Language, Race and Forensic Psychiatry: Some Dilemmas for Anti-discriminatory Practice
  • M.McKeown & M.Stowell-Smith.- Fallen from Grace: Women, Power and Knowledge
  • M.McKeown & D.Mercer.- Doctors' Orders: The Mentally Disordered in Prison
  • J.Senior.- Nurse Education: Scribes and Scriptures
  • G.Carton.

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  • NCID
    BA44987805
  • ISBN
    • 0333693108
    • 0333693116
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 259 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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