'Curing Queers' Mental Nurses and Their Patients, 1935-74 |
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| Author:
| Dickinson, Tommy |
| Series title: | Nursing History and Humanities Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78499-061-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2015 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | Free of charge contact
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Book Description:
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Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, 'Curing queers' examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive 'treatment' for homosexuality and transvestism, and the perceptions and actions of the men and women who nursed them.
Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, 'Curing queers' examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive 'treatment' for homosexuality and transvestism, and the perceptions and actions of the men and women who nursed them.