The AEGIS campaign to improve standards of care in mental hospitals : a case study of the process of social policy change

This study explores the process of decision-making in central government health policy. It also documents the history of the pressure group Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions (AEGIS) and thus the career of its Chairman Mrs Barbara Robb as a social reformer. There are two major arguments...

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Main Author: Cochrane, D. A.
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 1991
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.645317