Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates
Asylumsis an analysis of life in "total  institutions"--closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding  schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals. It focuses on the   relationship between the inmate and the  institution, how the setting  affects the person and how the  person can deal with life on the  inside.--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.