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Institute "Jakes" — an Experiment which Ceased to Exist

Zoran Radovanovic, Professor, Department of Community Medicine & Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Corresponding author: Professor Zoran Radovanovic Dept. Comm. Med., Faculty of Medicine POB 24923, 13110 Safat, Kuwait

Ljubomir Eric

Ljubomir Eric, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, KBC ‘Dedinje’, Belgrade

Viktorija Cucic

Professor, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade University

Institute "Jakes", which sheltered psychiatric patients, was apparently the most unorthodox part of the health care delivery system in the former Yugoslavia. Bosnian war led to severe destruction of the Institute and to death of many of its patients. The "Jakes" experience deserves attention and description.

Key Words: psychiatry • hospital • Bosnia

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 22, No. 4, 315-317 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/140349489402200412


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