Follow-up study of patients discharged from a psychiatric hospital.
Institution: | McGill University |
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Department: | School of Social Work. |
Degree: | Master of Social Work. |
Year: | 1951 |
Keywords: | Social Work. |
Record ID: | 1547880 |
Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118895.pdf |
Follow-up implies a renewal of contact for the purpose of further study; a scientific method used for testing theoretical formulations. In the many social sciences dealing with human beings, the hypotheses concerning cause and effect of human behaviour are continually changing. These hypotheses must be tested if progress is to be expected in the understanding, prediction and control of illness and maladjustment. [...]