The improvement in conditions of mental hospitals in the 1800s was based in part on the belief that
a. humanistic care would help to relieve mental illness.
b. patients, though incurable, deserved compassionate care.
c. patients with mental disorders were not really dangerous.
d. patients had the right to sue to gain better treatment.
Answer: a.
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