| Description |
1 online resource. |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Nursing history and humanities
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Nursing history and humanities.
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| Contents |
Oppression and suppression of the sexual deviant, 1939-1967 -- Work and practice of mental nurses, 1930-1959 -- "Subordinate nurses" -- "Subversive nurses" -- Liberation, 1957-1974. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, 'Curing queers' examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive 'treatment' for homosexuality and transvestism, and the perceptions and actions of the men and women who nursed them. The book begins in 1935 with the first official report on the use of aversion therapy to combat homosexual desire and continues until 1974, when the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its d. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psychiatric nursing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Psychiatric nursing. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Aversion therapy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Aversion therapy. |
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Nurse and patient -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Nurse and patient. |
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Gay men -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Gay men. |
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Cross-dressing -- Great Britain -- History.
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Cross-dressing. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Aversion therapy. |
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Gay men. |
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Crossdressing. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Dickinson, Tommy Curing queers' : Mental nurses and their patients, 1935-74 Oxford : Manchester University Press,c2015 9780719095887 |
| ISBN |
9781784990626 (electronic book) |
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1784990620 (electronic book) |
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9780719095887 |
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0719095883 |
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