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. 1976 Spring;3(2):133-45.
doi: 10.1007/BF02619674.

Incomplete technology and the organizational dynamics of a state mental hospital

M L Miringoff

Incomplete technology and the organizational dynamics of a state mental hospital

M L Miringoff. Adm Ment Health. 1976 Spring.

Abstract

Inadequate clinical knowledge has a profound effect on the organization and administration of a state mental hospital. The official goal of active treatment is displaced by the operative goal of custody and there is a reliance upon hierarchy rather than expertise as the source of authority.

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