Rebecca Fish has been working with people with learning disabilities since 1997. Her early work explored the meaning of self-harm for people with learning disabilities and the staff who work with them. This work informed policy and practice in the UK. She completed her PhD in 2015 and works as a researcher for the Centre for Disability Research at Lancaster University.

In providing such a comprehensive picture into a part of our healthcare system that is often left unaddressed, A Feminist Ethnography of Secure Wards for Women with Learning Disabilities makes an essential contribution to both academia and wider society. Disability and Society 2018

• Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: One Year, One Unit; Chapter 2: Learning Disabled Women in Secure Services; Chapter 3: Life on the Unit; Chapter 4: Relationships on the Locked Ward; Chapter 5: Difficult Women?; Chapter 6: Moving On: Progression Through Services; Chapter 7: Intersections – Making Conclusions; Index

Rebecca Fish has been working with people with learning disabilities since 1997. Her early work explored the meaning of self-harm for people with learning disabilities and the staff who work with them. This work informed policy and practice in the UK. She completed her PhD in 2015 and works as a researcher for the Centre for Disability Research at Lancaster University.

In providing such a comprehensive picture into a part of our healthcare system that is often left unaddressed, A Feminist Ethnography of Secure Wards for Women with Learning Disabilities makes an essential contribution to both academia and wider society. Disability and Society 2018

• Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: One Year, One Unit; Chapter 2: Learning Disabled Women in Secure Services; Chapter 3: Life on the Unit; Chapter 4: Relationships on the Locked Ward; Chapter 5: Difficult Women?; Chapter 6: Moving On: Progression Through Services; Chapter 7: Intersections – Making Conclusions; Index

Rebecca Fish has been working with people with learning disabilities since 1997. Her early work explored the meaning of self-harm for people with learning disabilities and the staff who work with them. This work informed policy and practice in the UK. She completed her PhD in 2015 and works as a researcher for the Centre for Disability Research at Lancaster University.

In providing such a comprehensive picture into a part of our healthcare system that is often left unaddressed, A Feminist Ethnography of Secure Wards for Women with Learning Disabilities makes an essential contribution to both academia and wider society. Disability and Society 2018

• Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: One Year, One Unit; Chapter 2: Learning Disabled Women in Secure Services; Chapter 3: Life on the Unit; Chapter 4: Relationships on the Locked Ward; Chapter 5: Difficult Women?; Chapter 6: Moving On: Progression Through Services; Chapter 7: Intersections – Making Conclusions; Index