Promises and perils of Guan

This article examines families’ involvement in the care and management of people with serious mental illnesses in China, and focuses on how that involvement is shaped by changing psychiatric institutions and law. Drawing on 32 months of fieldwork, I show that familial involvement is primarily charac...

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Main Author: Zhiying Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2020-09-01
Series:Medicine Anthropology Theory
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Online Access:http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/5024