Every Other Bed (draft)
- Contributor(s):
- Gorman, Mike
- Publication:
- Produced: 1956
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Hospitals, Psychiatric Health Care Reform Legislation as Topic
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Drafts (documents) Monographs
- Abstract:
- Gorman wrote Every Other Bed "for the express purpose of bringing to the American people the facts about the parlous state of psychiatric research and training in a country fat with prosperity, two-toned automobiles, and refrigerators which open from either side." Though some progress had been made in reforming the treatment of the mentally ill, Gorman said, a thorough overhaul of the entire national system was called for; as of 1955, half of all hospital beds in the U.S. were occupied by psychiatric patients (hence the book title). Gorman condensed six of the book chapters for a six-part series published by the Philadelphia Inquirer in June 1956.. This book was later published by World Publishing Company.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
- Extent:
- 33 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101743403X99 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- TGBBGV
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743403X99
- Archival Collection:
- The Mike Gorman Papers (Profiles in Science)