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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The work of inner-city emergency psychiatric units might best be described as "medicine under siege." <i>Emptying Beds</i> is the result of the author's two-year immersion in one such unit and its work. It is an account of the strategies developed by a staff of psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and other mental health workers to deal with the dilemmas they face every day.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>The work of inner-city emergency psychiatric units might best be described as 'medicine under siege.' Emptying Beds is the result of the author's two-year immersion in one such unit and its work: an account of the strategies developed by a staff of psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and other mental health workers to deal with the dilemma they face every day.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Rhodes' observations are couched in the theroetical formulations of Michel Foucault. . . . The description of the unit's activities are bloodcurdling and funny and precisely accurate. . . . "Emptying Beds is a readable, accurate, and alarming work of anthropology."--Frank S. Pittman III, "American Journal of Psychiatry<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Lorna A. Rhodes</b> is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington.

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