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‘A ward in a street’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

N. Kaye  and
D.I. Khoosal
N. Kaye*
Affiliation:
Carlton Hayes Hospital, Leicester LE9 5ES
D.I. Khoosal
Affiliation:
Carlton Hayes Hospital, Leicester LE9 5ES
*
∗4 Barrington Road, Stoneygate. Leicester LE2 2RA
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Abstract

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Attempts to deliver quality service outside the traditional mental hospital to those with chronic mental illness have resulted in several new models of care. We describe one such model of alternative care and asylum. Considerable improvements in quality of life, quality of care and clinical state occurred.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 5 , May 1994 , pp. 271 - 273
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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