Carstairs : hospital for horrors
Leslie, David2015
Book
It is a hospital like no other. A home to patients so unpredictable they are rated too dangerous to be held even in top security prisons. Carstairs, the State Hospital in Lanarkshire, Scotland. A name conjuring nightmare images of terror and mystery. It guards men with mental illnesses sent by courts in Scotland and Northern Ireland for crimes ranked among the most horrific, frightening and vile imaginable. This book reveals how brave and dedicated nurses, doctors, and psychiatrists daily risk their lives striving to help even the most dangerously disturbed patients back on the path towards sanity.
Main title:
Carstairs : hospital for horrors / David Leslie.
Author:
Leslie, David, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Black & White Publishing, 2015.Edinburgh : Black & White Publishing, 2015.
Collation:
xv, 270 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781845029982 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.210941457362.210941362.210941 LES
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1777714