In a total institution,as detailed in Erving Goffman's ethnographic account of a mental hospital in Washington,D.C.,humans have very limited privacy and must adapt to the fact that their private spheres are limited.

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This is a correct description of Goffman's account of total institutions such as mental hospitals. Patients in such institutions have limited privacy and are constantly monitored and subject to institutional rules and regulations.

In a Total Institution,as Detailed in Erving Goffman's Ethnographic Account