Deinstitutionalization, homelessness, and the myth of psychiatric abandonment: A structural anthropology perspective

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-83

  Mossman, Douglas ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031060605     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00096-2     Document Type: Article

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