Opening the Door - A Study of New Policies for the Mentally Handicapped

List of contents

Preface 1. The policy background 2. The hospitals 3. Life on the wards: needs and resources 4. Nursing attitudes 5. Problems of the ‘back wards’ 6. Hospital and community 7. Community care 8. The idea and the reality 9. Summary and conclusions Postscript Appendix Notes Index

About the author

Kathleen Jones, John Brown, W.J. Cunningham, Julian Roberts and Peter Williams

Summary

First published in 1975, Opening the Door is a survey of policies and problems in services for the mentally handicapped.

Product details

• Authors: John Brown, W. J. Cunningham, Kathleen Jones, Kathleen Brown Jones, Julian Roberts, Roberts Julian, Peter Williams
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2023
• EAN: 9781032538648
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3253864-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Disability: social aspects, Health systems & services, Health systems and services