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A Quiet Haven: Quakers, Moral Treatment, and Asylum Reform
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Hardcover
from Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr (February 1, 1990)
9780838633410 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $38.50
About: The theoretical framework for the Quakers' care of the mentally ill emanated from a dynamic amalgam of theology, philosophy, psychology, and common sense, but the institutional use of moral treatment was an explicit outgrowth of their strong support systems.