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Asylums is an analysis of life in "total institutions"--closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals. It focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects the person and how the person can deal with life on the inside.

Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates 2007, Aldine, New Brunswick, NJ

ISBN-13: 9780202309712

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ISBN-13: 9780140137392

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Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates 1968, Penguin Books Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9780140552195

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Select 		Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates 1961, Anchor Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780385000161

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Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates 1961, Aldine

ISBN-13: 9780202300009

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Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates

2007, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780202309712

Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates

1991, Paperback

ISBN-13:

9780140137392

Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates

1968, Mass-market paperback

ISBN-13:

9780140552195

Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates

1961, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780385000161

Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates

1961, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780202300009

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GrandmaSusan

Apr 25, 2008

A Social Science classic

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in qualitative social science studies, and for anyone interested in the mental health system and its current functioning. Dr. Goffman has written a classic that describes the background of the corporate culture that still pervades mental hospitals and many of the practices still current in the delivery of mental health services. An excellent, excellent book!

antisam

Apr 27, 2007

Well worth the read.

An excellent analysis of the predicament of mental patients and other inmates in institutions. Goffman's work takes us inside the world of the person inhabiting one of these environments. This book benefits from this radically different point of view. A must for anyone interested in the critique of psychiatry.

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