Abstract

The Hospitalizable Patient as Commodity: Selling in a Bear Market

Greenberg W M~~Seide M~~Scimeca M M

Year: 1989 Source: Hospital & Community Psychiatry, v.40, no.2, (February 1989), p.184-185 SIEC No: 19890386

Using 3 case histories to illustrate, this article discusses the difficulty of finding a hospital bed for the indigent urban mentally ill patient in times of scarce resources & heavy demand. 10 refs.