From retreat to health centre: Legislation, commercial opportunity and the repositioning of a Victorian private asylum

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2193-2200

  Joseph, Alun E ^a   Moon, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum; Mental health policy, Canada; Private sector

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIAL POLICY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE STUDY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY;

CANADA;

EID: 0036975365     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00364-1     Document Type: Article

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