| Emptying Beds: The Work of an Emergency Psychiatric Unit Volume 27 Contributor(s): Rhodes, Lorna A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520203518 ISBN-13: 9780520203518 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1995 Annotation: 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: an account of the strategies developed by a staff of psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and other mental health workers to deal with the dilemma they face every day. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Neuropsychology - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 362.21 |
| Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6.02" W x 9" (0.63 lbs) 199 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |