Assume That Benjamin Rush and Dorothea Dix Suddenly Appeared in the Twenty-First

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Essay

Assume that Benjamin Rush and Dorothea Dix suddenly appeared in the twenty-first century,approximately 50 years after the U.S.policy of deinstitutionalization began.What would they think about our treatment of those persons with mental illness who had been deinstitutionalized? Which suggestions might they make for changes in our policy of deinstitutionalization?

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