Something to Shout About?

Lane, David

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-17078-4_1

David Lane

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It is now eleven years since Better Services for the Mentally Handicapped recommended that provision should be made in the community for the mentally handicapped, rather than in hospital. The failure to carry this policy out nationally is worrying. It may reflect the powerlessness of the mentally handicapped as a pressure group or the wishful ignorance on the part of administrators and elected members about mental handicap.

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CCETSW, UK
David Lane (Social Work Education Adviser) (Social Work Education Adviser)
Hillingdon’s Social Services Department, UK
Sheila Noble (Research and Management Information Officer) (Research and Management Information Officer)
Buckinghamshire County Council, UK
Michael Tidball (Deputy Director of Social Services) (Deputy Director of Social Services)
Hillingdon, USA
Sam Twigg (Principal Officer (Day and Residential Services), Deputy Regional Officer for S. E. England) (Principal Officer (Day and Residential Services), Deputy Regional Officer for S. E. England)
Residential Care Association, USA
Sam Twigg (Principal Officer (Day and Residential Services), Deputy Regional Officer for S. E. England) (Principal Officer (Day and Residential Services), Deputy Regional Officer for S. E. England)

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Lane, D. (1983). Something to Shout About?. In: Lane, D., Noble, S., Tidball, M., Twigg, S. (eds) The Quiet Evolution. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17078-4_1

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