Nature's Good For You: Sir Truby King, Seacliff Asylum and the Greening of Health Care in New Zealand, 1889-1922

Stock, Paul; Brickell, Chris

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Nature's Good For You: Sir Truby King, Seacliff Asylum and the Greening of Health Care in New Zealand, 1889-1922

Stock, Paul; Brickell, Chris

Cite this item: Stock, P., & Brickell, C. (2013). Nature’s Good For You: Sir Truby King, Seacliff Asylum and the Greening of Health Care in New Zealand, 1889-1922. Health & Place, 22, 107–114. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.03.002

Permanent link to OUR Archive version: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6533

Date: 2013

Publisher: Elsevier

Pages: 107-114

Keywords: mental health; New Zealand; history; Truby King; greencare

Research Type: Journal Article

Languages: English

Abstract:

Sir Frederic Truby King's work at Seacliff Asylum in New Zealand, between 1889 and 1922, illustrates a prominent role of agriculture in relationship to human health and the environment. King utilized farming practices, a rural setting, occupational therapy, dietary changes and moves towards self-sufficiency as examples of asylum management practices, but these also ensured patient health and well-being. In this article, we analyze King's practices at Seacliff as a genealogical precursor to today's green care and care farming movements.

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