Deinstitutionalisation and managerialism in Queensland's public psychiatric institutions: Challenging 'rhetoric' with empirical results

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 459-483

  Doessel, D P ^a   Williams, Ruth F G ^b   Whiteford, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Victoria University Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deinstitutionalisation; Mental illness; New Public Management; Queensland psychiatric institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649088101     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2009.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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