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He is also director of the graduate training program in social service for the elderly at SSA and a member of the All-Campus Faculty on Adult Development and Aging. He has written over thirty published papers and two books: Last Home for the Aged: Critical Implications of Institutionalization(with M.A. Lieberman) and Effective Social Services for the Elderly(with S. Davidson and A. Sack).
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Tobin, S.S. The mystique of deinstitutionalization. Soc 15, 73–75 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02701620
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