The Willowbrook Wars

The Willowbrook Wars is a dramatic and illuminating account of the effort to close down a scandal-ridden institution and return its 5,400 handicapped residents to communities in New York

Inhalt

Going into the Field; I: Making the Case; 1: Welcome to Willowbrook; 2: The Litigator as Reformer; 3: A Keen Intellect and a Love of Man; 4: The Numbers Game; 5: Uninformed Consent; II: The Biography of a Consent Decree; 6: Ready, Fire, Aim; 7: Who Cares?; 8: Moving Minds; 9: Eyes On; 10: Life Chances; III: All Together Now; 11: Fighting the Plague; IV: Coming Apart; 12: Politics, Politics, Politics; 13: Willowbrook Revisited; Leaving the Field; Afterword to the Aldine Transaction Edition: A Look Back on the Field