Meeting minutes of "Director's Cabinet", 1988-1995.

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Meeting minutes of "Director's Cabinet", 1988-1995.

This series consists of meeting minutes of the "Director's Cabinet" of Willard Psychiatric Center. Permanent members of the cabinet included the director, deputy directors, chief of psychiatry, director of nursing, director of personnel, and business officer. Minutes typically include lists of attenders; memoranda announcing agenda; abstracts or summaries of reports; background and reference material; and management plans. The minutes pertain to a variety of topics including staff development; outpatient services; management roles and responsibilities; program reports; coordination of programs with other agencies; agency policies; budget; and staffing.

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New York (State). Dept. of Mental Hygiene.

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Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

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