Deinstitutionalization and people with intellectual disabilities :
General Material Designation
[Book]
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in and out of institutions /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Kelley Johnson and Rannveig Traustadóttir.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Philadelphia :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (293 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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 deinstitutionalisation. Personal stories alternate with cultural and political analysis, and reflections on implementing and evaluating deinstitutionalisation. This great diversity of perspectives is complemented by insights into the personal and professional life of one institutional ex-resident, Thomas Allen, whose.
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Ingram Content Group
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9781846421341
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Title
Deinstitutionalization and people with intellectual disabilities.
International Standard Book Number
1843101017
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Intellectual disability facilities.
People with mental disabilities-- Deinstitutionalization, Cross-cultural studies.
Deinstitutionalization.
Mentally Disabled Persons.
Intellectual disability facilities.
MEDICAL-- Mental Health.
People with mental disabilities-- Deinstitutionalization.