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Asylums - Establishment And Maintenance, Public Asylums Ownership And Status, Inmates, Patients, And Residents, Contracts For Care And Occupancy - Officers and Employees

Establishments that exist for the aid and protection of individuals in need of assistance due to disability, such as insane persons, those who are physically handicapped, or persons who are unable to properly care for themselves, such as orphans.

The term asylum has been used, in constitutional and legislative provisions, to encompass all institutions that are established and supported by the general public.

An insane asylum is one in which custody and care is provided for people with mental problems. An orphanage is an asylum set up as a shelter or refuge for INFANTS and children who do not have parents or guardians.

Officers and Employees

The rules that generally apply to public service employees govern the status of officers and employees of institutions. Statutory provisions may provide for the termination of such officers and employees.

FURTHER READINGS

Goffman, Erving. 1970. Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates. Chicago, Aldine.

Jones, Kathleen. 1993. Asylums and After: Revised History of the Mental Health Services from the Early 18th Century to the 1990s. London: Athlone.

CROSS-REFERENCES

Disability Discrimination; Establishment Clause; Health Care Law; Patients' Rights.

Asylums - Establishment And Maintenance

Asylums - Public Asylums Ownership And Status

Asylums - Inmates, Patients, And Residents

Asylums - Contracts For Care And Occupancy

Asylums - Management

Asylums - Liabilities

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