Can De-Institutionalization Succeed?.

Rothman, David J.

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Publication Date: 1979

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Can De-Institutionalization Succeed?

Rothman, David J.

New York University Education Quarterly, v11 n1 p16-22 Fall 1979

This vignette from the author's book, "The Reform of the Asylum: Between Conscience and Convenience in Progressive America," provides historical evidence of resistance to community placement of the mentally disabled. Resistance is due to the social convenience of custodial care and the self-interest of institutions and their employees. (Editor/SJL)

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adoption (Ideas), Boarding Homes, Community Programs, History, Institutional Cooperation, Mental Disorders, Negative Attitudes, Normalization (Handicapped), Political Issues, Psychiatric Hospitals, Residential Institutions

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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