How the factor of profitability determines the psychiatric diagnosis
Subtitle: a study in the medical disposal of unprofitable deadbeats : case studies of social triage in the Texas psychiatric hospital industry
By: Karen Glumm ; with a foreword by Sheldon Ekland-Olson
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lewiston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780773426573
Subjects: Patient Selection; Vulnerable Populations; Healthcare Disparities; Economics; Social Justice; Psychiatric Hospitals; Organization & administration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical background; title: History of public/private funding; title: Research procedures; title: Process of mobilization; title: A comparison of vulnerable and privileged vulnerable; title: Nature and process of recruitment; title: Nature and process of retention; title: The privileged vulnerable; title: Conclusions and implications.