The rights of state hospital patients: from state hospitals to their alternatives
Geller, Jeffrey L. ; Fisher, William H. ; McDermeit, Melissa ; White, Carla L.
Geller, Jeffrey L.
Fisher, William H.
McDermeit, Melissa
White, Carla L.
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Journal Article
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1999-12-03
Keywords
Deinstitutionalization
Health Care Surveys
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Hospitals, State
Humans
Inpatients
Patient Advocacy
Privatization
Psychiatric Department, Hospital
Questionnaires
United States
Health Services Research
Mental and Social Health
Psychiatric and Mental Health
Psychiatry
Psychiatry and Psychology
Health Care Surveys
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Hospitals, State
Humans
Inpatients
Patient Advocacy
Privatization
Psychiatric Department, Hospital
Questionnaires
United States
Health Services Research
Mental and Social Health
Psychiatric and Mental Health
Psychiatry
Psychiatry and Psychology
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Abstract
During the 1980s and 1990s the locus of psychiatric treatment in many states shifted from state hospitals to the psychiatric units of general hospitals. The extent to which the rights guaranteed to psychiatric inpatients by state mental health agencies will survive this "privatization" process is unclear. The authors explore this issue by providing a "status report" of patient rights, identified through a national survey. They discuss the problems of preserving these rights as an ever greater proportion of care is provided in general hospitals under the mechanism of managed care.
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Adm Policy Ment Health. 1998 Mar;25(4):387-401.
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10582382