Article ID: CBB413496613

The Baldovan Institution Abuse Inquiry: A Forgotten Scandal (2019)

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In this paper, I resurrect a long-forgotten inquiry into abuse and maladministration at an institution for people with learning disabilities, the Baldovan Institution near Dundee, that has lain buried in the archives for the past 60 years. I contrast the response to it with the very different response to the similar revelations of the Ely Hospital Inquiry more than a decade later. Whereas Ely opened up the institutional sector to greater public scrutiny and brought with it a formal commitment from the government to shift the balance of care away from the long-term hospital, Baldovan produced recommendations that were limited to the institution and had no impact on public policy or institutional practice. I consider the reasons for this and its implications.

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Authors & Contributors
Milne, Andrea Elizabeth
Dobbing, Cara
Porter, Margaret
Allmond, Gillian
Katherine Sorrels
Galletti, Matteo
Concepts
Medicine and ethics
Medical abuse
Doctor-patient relationships
Psychiatric hospitals
Hospitals and clinics
Institutionalization
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
19th century
13th century
Places
Scotland
United States
Canada
San Francisco (California)
Yugoslavia
Lithuania
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