From asylum to community: mental health policy in modern america
Auteur :
Grob, Gerald N.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691601618
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
603 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The distinguished historian of medicine Gerald Grob analyzes the post-World War II policy shift that moved many severely mentally ill patients from large state hospitals to nursing homes, families, and subsidized hotel rooms--and also, most disastrously, to the streets. On the eve of the war, public mental hospitals were the chief element in the Am