| Abstract: | A decade or more ago there were a number of Government reports published of inquiries into the ill-treatment of patients in mental hospitals. Now that fewer people with mental handicaps are going into hospitals and others are leaving them to be integrated into the community will they be any better treated by those around them? The situation is briefly reviewed and a solution proposed to the problems uncovered, but the main purpose of the paper is to generate awareness debate and possibly some action. |
