‘That awful place was home’:1Reflections on the contested meanings of craig dunain asylum

Scottish Geographical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-360

  Philo, Chris ^b   Burns, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum; Meaning; Mental health; Proximity

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042823527     PISSN: 14702541     EISSN: 1751665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00369220318737183     Document Type: Article

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