Every Other Bed (draft)

Every Other Bed (draft)

Contributor(s):
Gorman, Mike
Publication:
Produced: 1956
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Health Care Reform
Legislation as Topic
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Drafts (documents)
Monographs
Abstract:
Gorman wrote Every Other Bed "for the express purpose of bringing to the American people the facts about the parlous state of psychiatric research and training in a country fat with prosperity, two-toned automobiles, and refrigerators which open from either side." Though some progress had been made in reforming the treatment of the mentally ill, Gorman said, a thorough overhaul of the entire national system was called for; as of 1955, half of all hospital beds in the U.S. were occupied by psychiatric patients (hence the book title). Gorman condensed six of the book chapters for a six-part series published by the Philadelphia Inquirer in June 1956.. This book was later published by World Publishing Company.
Copyright:
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Extent:
33 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101743403X99 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
TGBBGV
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743403X99
Archival Collection:
The Mike Gorman Papers (Profiles in Science)