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Posted by Willful on May 25, 2011, at 10:28:01
Anyone read this very disturbing and moving article?
Willful
Posted by Phillipa on May 25, 2011, at 11:23:52
In reply to In New Yorker: what if patient rejects diagnosis?, posted by Willful on May 25, 2011, at 10:28:01
No is there a link? Phillipa
Posted by sleepygirl2 on May 25, 2011, at 13:56:42
In reply to In New Yorker: what if patient rejects diagnosis?, posted by Willful on May 25, 2011, at 10:28:01
http://m.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/05/30/110530fa_fact_aviv
This is just a summary
Posted by Phillipa on May 25, 2011, at 21:54:05
In reply to Re: In New Yorker: what if patient rejects diagnosis?, posted by sleepygirl2 on May 25, 2011, at 13:56:42
Interesting but I do admit at first I thought it said NY only. Phillipa
Posted by sleepygirl2 on May 25, 2011, at 22:13:35
In reply to Re: In New Yorker: what if patient rejects diagnosis?, posted by sleepygirl2 on May 25, 2011, at 13:56:42
I wish I could access the whole thing. It sounds like a tragic story from the summary. If I had to guess....another consequence of deinstitutionalization, nice in theory and to a certain extent. I seem to hear a lot about the revolving door that the seriously mentally ill go through. Discharges from hospitals to environments/systems that cannot possibly meet the needs of certain patients and the severity of their illnesses.
There's a lot of homeless mentally I'll folks that are "free". I can't begin to understand that whole dilemma and what is moral and what is not.
Someone said somewhere.....you can judge a society by the way it treats it's most vulnerable.
Thanks for sharing the info
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