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

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 back-ward. She was so appalled by the low standards t...

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Main Author:	Claire Hilton
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Palgrave Macmillan 2021
Subjects:	D1-2009 social welfare elderly NHS public services older people history psychiatry thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose
Online Access:	24594
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