Open AccessSzpital psychiatryczny jako przykład instytucji totalnej
Author(s) -
Wioletta Jedlecka
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
studia nad autorytaryzmem i totalitaryzmem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2300-7249
DOI - 10.19195/2300-7249.43.2.14
Subject(s) - institution , total institution , psychiatric hospital , control (management) , management , psychology , sociology , psychiatry , social science , economics
The aim of this article is attempting to answer the question whether the psychiatric hospital can still be considered as a total institution. The concept of a psychiatric hospital as a total institution was formulated by Erving Goffman. In this type of facility, the personnel has full control over the patient, their time, private life, and mobility. However, a psychiatric hospital is also a special place. Is this type of hospital still a total institution? Is it not better now to call it a quasi-total institution?