From Snake Pits To Cash Cows
Subtitle: Politics And Public Institutions In New York
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780791464397
Subjects: Geopolitics; Psychology; New York (State); History - U.S; Social Work; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; People with mental disabilitie; Mental Illness; Public Affairs & Administration; United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic; History; State hospitals; Government - State & Provincial; Developmentally disabled; Institutional care; People with mental disabilities
First sentence: The New York State Department of Mental Hygiene's announcement that it would admit a limited number of infants under the age of five and "care for mental defectives of all ages" was called a "radical departure."