The Case for Deinstitutionalization.

Biklen, Douglas

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ERIC Number: EJ207443

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979

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The Case for Deinstitutionalization.

Biklen, Douglas

Social Policy, v10 n1 p48-54 May-Jun 1979

This essay explores the scientific research and the ideological principles behind the controversy over deinstitutionalization. References are made to the effects of institutionalization and the failure of communities to organize and provide adequate services for normalization. (EB)

Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Services, Essays, Institutional Characteristics, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Health Programs, Mental Retardation, Normalization (Handicapped), Psychiatric Services, Rehabilitation, Social Services

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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