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. 2016 Feb 3;30(23):25.
doi: 10.7748/ns.30.23.25.s24.

Shock therapies

Erin Dean

Shock therapies

Erin Dean. Nurs Stand. .

Abstract

Therapies administered by mental health nurses, aimed at "curing" gay people of their sexual preference were still in common use in the UK in the 1960s and early 1970s. Some nurses tried to avoid participating in these practices, but many believed that they were helping their patients, as a new book reveals.

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