Absconding from Hospitals: A Means of Resistance?

Autor/inn/en	O'Driscoll, David; Walmlsey, Jan
Titel	Absconding from Hospitals: A Means of Resistance?
Quelle	In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38 (2010) 2, S.97-102 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1354-4187
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-3156.2010.00638.x
Schlagwörter	Mental Retardation; Hospitals; Learning Disabilities; Foreign Countries; Residential Care; Oral History; Resistance (Psychology); United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geistige Behinderung; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Ausland; Oral tradition; Mündliche Überlieferung; Resistenz
Abstract	The history of long stay hospitals for people with learning disabilities has revealed that residents had ways of resisting their incarceration (Mitchell D, Traustadottir R, Chapman R, Townson L, Ingham N and Ledger S (editors) (2006) "Exploring experiences of advocacy by people with learning disabilities: testimonies of resistance"). This paper explores one aspect of this resistance, "absconding", as unauthorised leave from hospital was termed. It draws on institutional records and oral histories, from two hospitals in South-East England. It seeks to show why and how residents escaped, how institutions responded and how absconding was presented publicly. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10