The work of inner-city emergency psychiatric units might best be described as "medicine under siege." Emptying Beds is the result of the author's two-year immersion in one such unit and its work. It is an account of the strategies developed by a staff of psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and other mental health workers to deal with the dilemmas they face every day.
| ISBN: | 9780520203518 |
| Publication date: | 7th December 1995 |
| Author: | Lorna A Rhodes |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 199 pages |
| Series: | Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care |
| Genres: |
Anthropology Health systems and services |
The work of inner-city emergency psychiatric units might best be described as "medicine under siege." Emptying Beds is the result of the author's two-year immersion in one such unit and its work. It is an account of the strategies developed by a staff of psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and other mental health workers to deal with the dilemmas they face every day.
Emptying Beds features in the following genres: Anthropology, Health systems and services
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Emptying Beds was written by Lorna A Rhodes and published by University of California Press
Emptying Beds has 199 pages
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