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Brook Lane Health Services (formerly Brook Lane Farm), originated as a hospital near [[Hagerstown (Maryland, USA)|Hagerstown]], [[Maryland (USA)|Maryland]], owned and operated by the [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] for the benefit of patients requiring immediate relief from acute emotional or mental disturbance. The idea of Brook Lane Farm grew out of the experiences of Mennonite young people who worked in mental hospitals during the World War II period, and so on a farm used by a [[Civilian Public Service|Civilian Public Service]] unit during the war, the Mennonite Central Committee opened this hospital in 1948, which it owned and operated until 1958, when the hospital incorporated with its own board of directors. In 1953 Brook Lane provided semiprivate rooms for 29 active treatment and observation patients. | Brook Lane Health Services (formerly Brook Lane Farm), originated as a hospital near [[Hagerstown (Maryland, USA)|Hagerstown]], [[Maryland (USA)|Maryland]], owned and operated by the [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] for the benefit of patients requiring immediate relief from acute emotional or mental disturbance. The idea of Brook Lane Farm grew out of the experiences of Mennonite young people who worked in mental hospitals during the World War II period, and so on a farm used by a [[Civilian Public Service|Civilian Public Service]] unit during the war, the Mennonite Central Committee opened this hospital in 1948, which it owned and operated until 1958, when the hospital incorporated with its own board of directors. In 1953 Brook Lane provided semiprivate rooms for 29 active treatment and observation patients. | ||
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Brook Lane Health Services. "About Us." Accessed 25 September 2007. <[http://www.brooklane.org/aboutUs.aspx http://www.brooklane.org/aboutUs.aspx?details=1]> | Brook Lane Health Services. "About Us." Accessed 25 September 2007. <[http://www.brooklane.org/aboutUs.aspx http://www.brooklane.org/aboutUs.aspx?details=1]> | ||
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= Additional Information = | = Additional Information = | ||
Brook Lane [http://www.brooklane.org/ website] | Brook Lane [http://www.brooklane.org/ website] | ||
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Revision as of 18:57, 20 August 2013
Brook Lane Health Services (formerly Brook Lane Farm), originated as a hospital near Hagerstown, Maryland, owned and operated by the Mennonite Central Committee for the benefit of patients requiring immediate relief from acute emotional or mental disturbance. The idea of Brook Lane Farm grew out of the experiences of Mennonite young people who worked in mental hospitals during the World War II period, and so on a farm used by a Civilian Public Service unit during the war, the Mennonite Central Committee opened this hospital in 1948, which it owned and operated until 1958, when the hospital incorporated with its own board of directors. In 1953 Brook Lane provided semiprivate rooms for 29 active treatment and observation patients.
Bibliography
Brook Lane Health Services. "About Us." Accessed 25 September 2007. <http://www.brooklane.org/aboutUs.aspx?details=1>
Additional Information
Brook Lane website
| Author(s) | Melvin Gingerich |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Gingerich, Melvin. "Brook Lane Health Services (Hagerstown, Maryland, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Brook_Lane_Health_Services_(Hagerstown,_Maryland,_USA)&oldid=77391.
APA style
Gingerich, Melvin. (1953). Brook Lane Health Services (Hagerstown, Maryland, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Brook_Lane_Health_Services_(Hagerstown,_Maryland,_USA)&oldid=77391.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 438. All rights reserved.
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