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Working for the Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

E. G. Oram
Affiliation:
Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge; Saxondale Hospital, Nottingham
D. H. Clark
Affiliation:
Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge

Extract

In 1954 a programme of “occupation and liberalization” was started at this hospital. Attempts to assess this programme were made and have been reported (Clark and Hoy, 7; Clark and Oram, 8). As a result of these surveys, we possess a complete list of the male patients in the hospital in October 1954 and February 1961, showing the work they were doing at these times; many men's names appear in both lists. This paper reports the analysis of these lists and some interesting facts that emerged.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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