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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830413703321

Autore

Ramsamy Seevalingum

Titolo

Caring for madness [[electronic resource] ] : the role of personal experience in the training of mental health nurses / / Seevalingum Ramsamy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Whurr, 2003, c2001

ISBN

0-470-03127-1

0-470-69866-7

0-470-69925-6

0-585-48533-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Soggetti

Psychiatric nursing

Mentally ill - Care - History

Psychiatric nursing - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A historical approach to the management of madness. Historical Background. Madness and views of the self in early civilization. From the enlightenment to the present. Experiencing training: students' accounts of the process of becoming a registered mental nurse. Study background. Method and presentation of data. Individual accounts. Group discussion and student reflections . Developing a Philosophy. A philosophy of mental health nursing.