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

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. 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 b...

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Main Author:	Hilton, Claire (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Series:	Mental health in historical perspective.
Subjects:	History. Gender Studies. History of Britain and Ireland. History of Medicine. Social History. Gender expression. Gender identity. Medicine > History. Sex (Psychology) Social history. Sociology. Great Britain > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book