Distancing the mad: Jarvis's Law and the spatial distribution of admissions to the Hamilton Lunatic Asylum in Canada, 1876-1902

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2362-2377

  Smith, Christopher A ^a   Wright, David ^a   Day, Shawn ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Historical geography; History of medicine; Hospital utilization; Mental disorders

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MEDICINE; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DATABASES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 34247578615     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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