How the factor of profitability determines the psychiatric diagnosis : case studies of social triage in the Texas psychiatric hospital industry /

Glumm takes first hand accounts of private psychiatric hospitals policies and shows that there is often willful neglect of patients who do not have the money to pay, and sometimes there is even manipulation on behalf of psychiatrists and nurses to keep people in therapy just to run up their expenses...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Glumm, Karen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Mental health services > Economic aspects > Texas.
Psychiatric hospitals > Economic aspects > Texas > Case studies.
Psychotherapy patients > Care > Economic aspects > Texas > Case studies.
Social justice.
Healthcare Disparities > economics
Hospitals, Psychiatric > economics
Hospitals, Psychiatric > organization & administration
Patient Selection
Social Justice
Vulnerable Populations
Services de santé mentale > Aspect économique > Texas.
Patients en psychothérapie > Soins > Aspect économique > Texas > Études de cas.
Sélection de patients.
Justice sociale.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
Social justice
Mental health services > Economic aspects
Texas
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical background
  • History of public/private funding
  • Research procedures
  • Process of mobilization
  • A comparison of vulnerable and privileged vulnerable
  • Nature and process of recruitment
  • Nature and process of retention
  • The privileged vulnerable
  • Conclusions and implications.

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