Good Intentions OverRuled: A Critique of Empowerment in the Routine Organization of Mental Health Services
ISBN: 9781442675414
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Toronto Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Mental health services -- Canada; Social medicine -- United States;

Townsend illustrates how attempts by occupational therapists to enable empowerment in everyday practice are thwarted by the institutional processes of admission, accountability, decision making, budgeting, risk management, and discharge.


Townsend Elizabeth :

Elizabeth Townsend is an associate professor in the School of Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University.

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