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Title: The Writings of Ivor Browne
Condition: New
Subtitle: Steps Along the Road, the Evolution of a Slow Learner
Author: Ivor Browne
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1782051139
EAN: 9781782051138
ISBN: 9781782051138
Publisher: Cork University Press
Genre: Medicine
Release Date: 15/09/2014
Description: Ivor Browne is Professor Emeritus, University College, Dublin and retired as Chief Psychiatrist of the then Eastern Health Board in 1994. This book, through his writings, charts the growth of one man's journey in relation to psychiatry and human development. Ivor Browne has been a central and controversial figure in Irish life up until the mid-nineties when he retired. This book charts the career of a man who has always been respected for his compassion, quirky way of thinking and fearless opposition to orthodox psychiatry. Ivor Browne has had a positive input into Irish life on both sides of the border. As a young man he was given a fellowship to Harvard University where he studied Public and Community Mental Health. He returned to Ireland determined to put what he had learned into practice and it was his initiative which took the care of mental patients away from large institutions into the community. He conceived and was director of the Irish Foundation for Human Development. This set up the first Community Association in Ireland in Ballyfermot one of the early large housing estates in Dublin.Ballyfermot was merely a housing estate without any facilities, he went in with a professional team and helped the residents to turn it into a thriving working class community. This project was so successful that an offshoot was established in Derry, called the Inner City Trust which not only rebuilt, but transformed the city of Derry during the years it was being torn down by both sides in the conflict. Derry was made a model for The Prince of Wales' urban village development project and other urban renewal developments around the world.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: IE
Item Height: 234mm
Item Length: 156mm
Release Year: 2014

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