David J. Rothman

The Willowbrook Wars (eBook, ePUB)

Bringing the Mentally Disabled into the Community

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Willowbrook Wars is a dramatic and illuminating account of the effort to close down a scandal-ridden institution and return its 5,400 handicapped residents to communities in New York

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 417
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351472562
• Artikelnr.: 48867942

Autorenporträt

David J. Rothman

Inhaltsangabe

Going into the Field
I: Making the Case
1: Welcome to Willowbrook
2: The Litigator as Reformer
3: A Keen Intellect and a Love of Man
4: The Numbers Game
5: Uninformed Consent
II: The Biography of a Consent Decree
6: Ready, Fire, Aim
7: Who Cares?
8: Moving Minds
9: Eyes On
10: Life Chances
III: All Together Now
11: Fighting the Plague
IV: Coming Apart
12: Politics, Politics, Politics
13: Willowbrook Revisited
Leaving the Field
Afterword to the Aldine Transaction Edition: A Look Back on the Field