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Deinstitutionalization and people with intellectual disabilities : in and out of institutions /

Deinstitutionalization and People with Intellectual Disabilities is an international collaboration between qualitative researchers and former institutional residents with intellectual disabilities that presents a comprehensive overview of personal and professional perspectives on deinstitutionalisat...

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Other Authors: Johnson, Kelley, 1947-, Rannveig Traustadóttir, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.
Subjects:
People with mental disabilities > Deinstitutionalization > Cross-cultural studies.
Intellectual disability facilities.
People with mental disabilities.
Deinstitutionalization.
Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.
Deinstitutionalization
people with mental disabilities.
Case Reports
Case studies.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:1846421349
9781846421341
9781843101017
1843101017
1280349409
9781280349409
9786610349401
6610349401
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Deinstitutionalization and People with Intellectual Disabilities: In and Out of Institutions; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction: In and Out of Institutions; PART I: Living Inside; 1. Sixty Years in the Institution; 2. Institutionalization: A Historical Perspective; 3. Containing Uncontainable Women; 4. Institutional Death: The Coronial Inquest into the Deaths of NineMen with Intellectual Disabilities; 5. I've Been in Hospital All My Life; 6. The Institutions Are Dying, but Are Not Dead Yet; PART II: Moving Out; 7. It's Never Too Late.

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