title: The roots of hospital alternative care.
abstract: British hospital alternatives inherit some of their most valuable features, such as the use of small, domestic environments and the avoidance of coercion and confinement, from the early 19th-century moral management movement. The North American experience illustrates that these advantages can be lost if clinical benefits are overridden by cost and other practical concerns.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Warner
mesh_terms: D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000639:trends*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000639:trends; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States