David J Rothman

The Willowbrook Wars

Bringing the Mentally Disabled into the Community

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Willowbrook Wars is a dramatic and illuminating account of the effort to close down a scandal-ridden institution and return its 5,400 handicapped residents to communities in New York

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 739g
• ISBN-13: 9781138539495
• ISBN-10: 113853949X
• Artikelnr.: 49208938

Autorenporträt

David J. Rothman

Inhaltsangabe

Going into the Field
I: Making the Case
1: Welcome to Willowbrook
2: The Litigator as Reformer
3: A Keen Intellect and a Love of Man
4: The Numbers Game
5: Uninformed Consent
II: The Biography of a Consent Decree
6: Ready, Fire, Aim
7: Who Cares?
8: Moving Minds
9: Eyes On
10: Life Chances
III: All Together Now
11: Fighting the Plague
IV: Coming Apart
12: Politics, Politics, Politics
13: Willowbrook Revisited
Leaving the Field
Afterword to the Aldine Transaction Edition: A Look Back on the Field