Description: Improving Psychiatric Care for Older People : Barbara Robb’s Campaign 1, Hardcover by Hilton, Claire, ISBN 3319548123, ISBN-13 9783319548128, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK
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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 that she set out to make improvements. Barbara’s book Sans Everything: A case to answer was publicly discredited by a complacent and self-righteous Ministry of Health. However, inspired by her work, staff in other hospitals 'whistle-blew’ about events they witnessed, which corroborated her allegations. Barbara influenced government policy, to improve psychiatric care and health service complaints procedures, and to establish a hospitals inspectorate and ombudsman. Th will appeal to campaigners, health and social care staff and others working with older people, and those with an interest in policy development in England, the 1960s, women’s history and the history of psychiatry and nursing.
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Book Title: Improving Psychiatric Care for Older People : Barbara Robb’s Camp
Item Height: 210 mm
Item Width: 148 mm
Series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective
Author: Claire Hilton
Publication Name: Improving Psychiatric Care for Older People: Barbara Robb's Campaign 1965-1975
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Subject: Medicine, Zoology, History
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 5005 g
Number of Pages: 283 Pages
