Janet Weston

Broschiertes Buch

Looking After Miss Alexander

Care, Mental Capacity, and the Court of Protection in Mid-Twentieth-Century England

Beschreibung

In 1939, fifty-nine-year-old Beatrice Alexander was found incapable of managing her own property and affairs, despite her claims that she was perfectly well. A history of mental capacity law in twentieth-century England and Wales, Looking After Miss Alexander examines ideas of mental illness, citizenship, care, and the role of the state.

Autor

Janet Weston is assistant professor at the Centre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Produktdetails

• States, People, and the History of Social Change
• Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 229mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780228014683
• ISBN-10: 0228014689
• Artikelnr.: 63765019