The locus of care : families, communities, institutions and the provision of welfare since antiquity /
The locus of care : families, communities, institutions and the provision of welfare since antiquity /
edited by Peregrine Horden and Richard Smith.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- x, 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + hbk.
- Studies in the social history of medicine .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Informal care: from ethnography to ancient history -- Part II: Networks and institutions in western Europe c. 1500- c. 1800 -- Part III: Beyond the asylum: mental health in Britain c. 1700-1939 -- Part IV: Children and the elderly in the twentieth century.
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Public welfare--History.
Social service--History.
Welfare state--History.
Human services--History.
Institutional care.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Informal care: from ethnography to ancient history -- Part II: Networks and institutions in western Europe c. 1500- c. 1800 -- Part III: Beyond the asylum: mental health in Britain c. 1700-1939 -- Part IV: Children and the elderly in the twentieth century.
0415112168
97015177
Public welfare--History.
Social service--History.
Welfare state--History.
Human services--History.
Institutional care.
361.9