Pamela Michael
Biographic Data
| ID | 5897300 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pamela Michael |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pamela |
| FAMILY NAME | Michael |
| SIGNATURE | MICHAEL P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bangor University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Recording the many faces of death at the Denbigh Asylum, 1848–1938
The funeral was a symbolic event in Welsh society, and members of staff and relatives of patients at the Denbigh Asylum shared cultural assumptions about the importance of a final resting place for the body. Formal procedures following the death of a patient were governed by asylum rules and regulations. At Denbigh the asylum chaplain played an important role, both in terms of ministering to the dying and in performing the funeral ceremony. Durin…
Service utilization in 1896 and 1996
The 1896 and 1996 populations of North-West Wales are similar in number, ethnic and social mix and rurality, enabling a study of the comparative prevalence of service utilization, as well as the morbidity and mortality associated with mental illness in 1894–96 and 1996. The 1996 data reveal a 15 times greater prevalence of admissions for all diagnoses, and three times greater prevalence of admissions by detention, compared with 1896. Patients now…
At the Epicentre
had great difficulty in imposing quarantine restrictions and disrupting the travel plans of tens of thousands of citizens of the USA.If confronted with litigious individuals in a country awash with lawyers, WHO efforts might have been put on hold for months by order of a District Court.Fortunately, the accidents of chance saw to it that SARS outbreaks were limited to nation-states, China and Canada, where citizens are more accustomed to accepting…
Family, Community and the 'Idiot' in Mid-nineteenth Century North Wales
In mid-nineteenth century north Wales, and indeed in Wales generally, 'community care' of persons with learning disabilities aided by the Poor Law survived longer than in England, where institutionalisation in the workhouse or asylum became the norm. This prehistory of community care has been largely unexplored, largely because of the difficulties of obtaining data. After discussing the methodology, and discussing the Lunacy and Poor Law document…
At the Epicentre
had great difficulty in imposing quarantine restrictions and disrupting the travel plans of tens of thousands of citizens of the USA.If confronted with litigious individuals in a country awash with lawyers, WHO efforts might have been put on hold for months by order of a District Court.Fortunately, the accidents of chance saw to it that SARS outbreaks were limited to nation-states, China and Canada, where citizens are more accustomed to accepting…
Family, Community and the 'Idiot' in Mid-nineteenth Century North Wales
In mid-nineteenth century north Wales, and indeed in Wales generally, 'community care' of persons with learning disabilities aided by the Poor Law survived longer than in England, where institutionalisation in the workhouse or asylum became the norm. This prehistory of community care has been largely unexplored, largely because of the difficulties of obtaining data. After discussing the methodology, and discussing the Lunacy and Poor Law document…
Service utilization in 1896 and 1996
The 1896 and 1996 populations of North-West Wales are similar in number, ethnic and social mix and rurality, enabling a study of the comparative prevalence of service utilization, as well as the morbidity and mortality associated with mental illness in 1894–96 and 1996. The 1996 data reveal a 15 times greater prevalence of admissions for all diagnoses, and three times greater prevalence of admissions by detention, compared with 1896. Patients now…
At the Epicentre
had great difficulty in imposing quarantine restrictions and disrupting the travel plans of tens of thousands of citizens of the USA.If confronted with litigious individuals in a country awash with lawyers, WHO efforts might have been put on hold for months by order of a District Court.Fortunately, the accidents of chance saw to it that SARS outbreaks were limited to nation-states, China and Canada, where citizens are more accustomed to accepting…
Recording the many faces of death at the Denbigh Asylum, 1848–1938
The funeral was a symbolic event in Welsh society, and members of staff and relatives of patients at the Denbigh Asylum shared cultural assumptions about the importance of a final resting place for the body. Formal procedures following the death of a patient were governed by asylum rules and regulations. At Denbigh the asylum chaplain played an important role, both in terms of ministering to the dying and in performing the funeral ceremony. Durin…
Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work)