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Reviewer needed: ‘The Man Who Closed the Asylums: Franco Basaglia and the Revolution in Mental Health Care’ by John Foot

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Research Summary: The Man Who Closed the Asylums

Category: Medical Humanities / Historical Biography
Subject: Franco Basaglia and deinstitutionalization reform in mental health care
Author: John Foot
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication Year: 2015
Review Status: Reviewer needed; expressions of interest welcome from medical humanities scholars
Scope: Examines Basaglia's revolutionary approach to closing psychiatric asylums and systemic mental health reform
Disciplinary Focus: Applicable to medical humanities, psychiatry history, and healthcare policy

We are pleased to offer for review ‘The man who closed down the asylums: Franco Basaglia and the revolution in mental health care’ (Verso Books, 2015). Expressions of interest are welcome from across the medical humanities.

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