Emptying Beds
| Author | : Lorna A. Rhodes |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 211 |
| Release | : 1995-11-18 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780520203518 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0520203518 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Emptying Beds by : Lorna A. Rhodes
Download or read book Emptying Beds written by Lorna A. Rhodes and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1995-11-18 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of inner-city emergency psychiatric units might best be described as "medicine under siege." Emptying Beds is the result of the author's two-year immersion in one such unit and its work. It is an account of the strategies developed by a staff of psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and other mental health workers to deal with the dilemmas they face every day.
