In political hands person-centred care is a quantum phenomena (entanglement)

individual
INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

humanistic ------------------------------------------- mechanistic

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

group

Acute mental health needs RISK Self-harm Local care? Empowering the individual? Accessibility Cognitive distance Let therapy commence Continuity (dist-ress) Remote policy touch Organisational (distance) dementia? threshold   ↘	RISK  Self-neglect personal hygiene domestic environment local-regional-national?  metrics: Km or Miles or time? Gallons or Litres? Cost? Illusory savings? threshold ↓
RISK   Harm to others to integrated care  multidisciplinary care      threshold →	Beds

Lintern, S. (2014) Mental health patients sent hundreds of miles for a bed, HSJ, 14 August.

Beds shortage = Gathered Sobs
Mental Health = Lethal Anthem?
Mental health = Lean Halt Them

Bed image:
By kieran jones (http://www.clker.com/clipart-bed-icon.html) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Radical Statistics Group: Journal #107 Health & Wealth

Mis-measurement of health and wealth – Issue 107 (2012)

See also:

Straight Statistics

The UK Statistics Authority