Professions and the identification of mental incapacity in eighteenth-century Scotland

R A  Houston

doi:10.1111/1467-6443.00155

Professions and the identification of mental incapacity in eighteenth-century Scotland

R A Houston

School of History

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

Eighteenth-century Scottish legal procedures to investigate the mental capacity of an individual to manage his or her own affairs are examined to discover the relative significance of different professional and lay groups in identifying disabilities. The role of medical men, lawyers and non-professionals is set in the context of contemporary social and political priorities in order to question simple models of medicalisation. A substantial body of empirical evidence is used to reveal the subtle gradations of power in different domestic, legal and institutional domains.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	441-466
Number of pages	26
Journal	Journal of Historical Sociology
Volume	14
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6443.00155
Publication status	Published - Dec 2001

Keywords

MEDICINE

Access to Document

10.1111/1467-6443.00155

Cite this

@article{f88559a8ad774ab9817b292e3e8b1529,

title = "Professions and the identification of mental incapacity in eighteenth-century Scotland",

abstract = "Eighteenth-century Scottish legal procedures to investigate the mental capacity of an individual to manage his or her own affairs are examined to discover the relative significance of different professional and lay groups in identifying disabilities. The role of medical men, lawyers and non-professionals is set in the context of contemporary social and political priorities in order to question simple models of medicalisation. A substantial body of empirical evidence is used to reveal the subtle gradations of power in different domestic, legal and institutional domains.",

keywords = "MEDICINE",

author = "Houston, {R A}",

year = "2001",

month = dec,

doi = "10.1111/1467-6443.00155",

language = "English",

volume = "14",

pages = "441--466",

journal = "Journal of Historical Sociology",

issn = "0952-1909",

publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Professions and the identification of mental incapacity in eighteenth-century Scotland

AU - Houston, R A

PY - 2001/12

Y1 - 2001/12

N2 - Eighteenth-century Scottish legal procedures to investigate the mental capacity of an individual to manage his or her own affairs are examined to discover the relative significance of different professional and lay groups in identifying disabilities. The role of medical men, lawyers and non-professionals is set in the context of contemporary social and political priorities in order to question simple models of medicalisation. A substantial body of empirical evidence is used to reveal the subtle gradations of power in different domestic, legal and institutional domains.

AB - Eighteenth-century Scottish legal procedures to investigate the mental capacity of an individual to manage his or her own affairs are examined to discover the relative significance of different professional and lay groups in identifying disabilities. The role of medical men, lawyers and non-professionals is set in the context of contemporary social and political priorities in order to question simple models of medicalisation. A substantial body of empirical evidence is used to reveal the subtle gradations of power in different domestic, legal and institutional domains.

KW - MEDICINE

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035602668&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/1467-6443.00155

DO - 10.1111/1467-6443.00155

M3 - Article

SN - 0952-1909

VL - 14

SP - 441

EP - 466

JO - Journal of Historical Sociology

JF - Journal of Historical Sociology

IS - 4

ER -

Professions and the identification of mental incapacity in eighteenth-century Scotland

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this