@article{827708,
      recid = {827708},
      author = {Hilton, Claire},
      title = {Improving psychiatric care for older people : Barbara  Robb's Campaign 1965-1975 /},
      pages = {online resource (xxiii, 283 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This  book tells the story of Barbara Robb and her pressure  group, Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions  (AEGIS). In 1965, Barbara visited 73-year-old Amy Gibbs in  a dilapidated and overcrowded National Health Service  psychiatric hospital back-ward. She was so appalled by the  low standards that she set out to make improvements.  Barbara's book Sans Everything: A case to answer was  publicly discredited by a complacent and self-righteous  Ministry of Health. However, inspired by her work, staff in  other hospitals 'whistle-blew' about events they witnessed,  which corroborated her allegations. Barbara influenced  government policy, to improve psychiatric care and health  service complaints procedures, and to establish a  hospitals' inspectorate and ombudsman. The book will appeal  to campaigners, health and social care staff and others  working with older people, and those with an interest in  policy development in England, the 1960s, women's history  and the history of psychiatry and nursing.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/827708},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54813-5},
}