Race Relations in a Psychiatric Hospital
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2498129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Earl Rubington (Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers, the State University, New Brunswick, N. J., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 128-132 |
| Publication date | 1969-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.28.2.378247x541p62267 |
| OpenAlex | W2070562049 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper studies interracial housing and eating under conditions of involuntary association. It focuses on mealtime behavior of white and Negro patients in a new, nonsegregated psychiatric hospital. The hospital, built with Hill-Burton funds, outlaws discrimination; by law, both staff and patient populations must be integrated. The city in which the hospital is located, however, supports taboos on interracial housing and eating. As a consequence, patients in the hospital have to resolve this conflict between organizational and community norms. This paper examines some of the ways in which patients came to terms with the American dilemma
Association (psychology) · Criminology · Dilemma · Family medicine · General hospital · Psychiatric hospital · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Race (biology) · Sociology · White (mutation) · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |