Improving Psychiatric Care for Older People: Barbara Robb's Campaign 1965-1975

• Hoofdauteur: Claire Hilton (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Palgrave Macmillan 2017
• Reeks: Mental Health in Historical Perspective
• Onderwerpen: Biography & True Stories; social welfare; elderly; NHS; public services; older people; history; psychiatry
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...