The first asylums in Canada: A response to neglectful community care and current trends

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 260-264

  Sussman, Sam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Mental Health Care Building   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asylum; Community care; Dehospitalization; Deinstitutionalization; Homelessness

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; REVIEW;

EID: 0031786035     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674379804300304     Document Type: Review

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