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Betty Ford Center
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Betty Ford Center
A nonprofit inpatient facility in Rancho Mirage, California, founded in 1982 by recovering alcoholic and former US First Lady Betty Ford, dedicated to various levels of management of chemical dependency, including inpatient care


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The award is named in honor of a long -time quality advocate who is medical director emeritus at the Betty Ford Center.
Family role In the intervening quarter-century, the Ford family has remained actively involved in the Betty Ford Center through participating in board meetings, assisting with fund-raising, lecturing to patients, and cooking hamburgers for staff and patients at their annual picnic.
He noted "a kind of split" in the field about treatment goals, with harm reduction favored in academic and publicly funded settings, and institutions such as the Betty Ford Center taking a contrary view.
 
 
 
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