Heathcote Psychiatric Hospital in Western Australia, 1929-1994 : an historical glimpse at nursing / by Julia A. Crook
- Bib ID:
- 10000453
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Crook, Julia Anne, 1955-, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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- Edition:
- 2nd edition.
- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- [Willagee, Western Australia] : Julia A. Crook, 2023
- 1 online resource (185 pages : portraits)
- File Characteristics:
- text file PDF 3.6MB.
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9780545581515 (PDF)
- Summary:
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A decade by decade history of nursing at the former Heathcote Psychiatric Hospital West Australia 1929-1994 (now Kooya Cultural Precinct). The book is informed by oral history, biography, published works, Acts of Parliament, Reports of Royal Commissions and Select Committee Reviews and scholarly articles. It covers the history of the care of the mentally ill from the foundation of the Swan River Colony to the opening of Heathcote Hospital examining some of the the issues that impacted the culture of nursing including but not limited to education, industrial action, major world events and the social conscience. are essential to our understanding of mental health in Western Australia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-141) and index.
- Subject:
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- Heathcote Mental Reception Home -- History
- Mentally ill -- Care -- Australia -- Western Australia -- History
- Mentally ill -- Care -- Western Australia -- History
- Psychiatric hospital care -- Australia -- Western Australia -- History
- Psychiatric hospital care -- Western Australia -- History
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Western Australia -- Applecross -- History
- Psychiatric nurses -- Australia -- Western Australia -- History
- Psychiatric nurses -- Western Australia -- History
- Local history
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- Electronic books
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