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'Not a penny to call my own'
 — poverty amongst residents in mental illness and mental handicap hospitals
Author(s)Martin Bradshaw, Ann Davis
Corporate AuthorDisability Alliance Educational and Research Association (ERA); King's Fund
PublisherDisability Alliance ERA and King's Fund, London, 1986
Pages46 pp
KeywordsSocial security benefits ; Mental disorder ; In-patients ; Long term ; Poverty.
AnnotationDrawing on the findings of a national survey of residents' money in mental hospitals, the authors demonstrate how welfare benefits policies and the administration of residents' money in hospital have played a part in creating poverty. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-930714083 B
ClassmarkJH: E: LF7: 4Q: W6

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