Surveys of community attitudes toward mental health facilities: Reflections or provocations?
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Community Psychology
- Vol. 16 (6) , 877-882
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00930898
Abstract
This paper points out how political motives behind community research may affect the outcome. The case of public opposition to psychiatric halfway houses in Hong Kong is used as an illustration. These mass surveys related to the issue are reviewed to show how the different public opinions expressed may be affected by the objectives, context, sample, and content of the surveys.Keywords
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