| The Eclipse of the State Mental Hospital: Policy, Stigma, and Organization Contributor(s): Dowdall, George W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791428966 ISBN-13: 9780791428962 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - General - Medical | History - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 362.210 |
| LCCN: 95018563 |
| Series: Suny the Sociology of Work and Organizations |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.95" W x 9.02" (0.84 lbs) 262 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: State hospitals still account for the majority of the state dollars spent on mental health care across the nation. Why do state hospitals persist and expand despite public scandal and professional disapproval? What role does the state mental hospital play in the current system of care for the seriously mentally ill? What role should it play, and at what cost? Dowdall explores recent efforts, successful and unsuccessful, to meet the increasingly elaborate standards imposed from without on the contemporary state mental hospital, and the impact of these efforts on the quality of care provided to its patients. |