Improving Psychiatric Care for Older People: Barbara Robb's Campaign 1965-1975
This book tells the story of Barbara Robb and her pressure group, Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions (AEGIS). In 1965, Barbara visited 73-year-old Amy Gibbs in a dilapidated and overcrowded National Health Service psychiatric hospital back-ward. She was so appalled by the low standards t...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2017
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| Series: | Mental Health in Historical Perspective
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| Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |