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Making gray gold : narratives of nursing home care /
This first hand report on the work of nurses and other caregivers in a nursing home is set powerfully in the context of wider political, economic, and cultural forces that shape and constrain the quality of care for America's elderly. Diamond demonstrates in a compelling way the price that busi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1995.
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| Edición: | Pbk. ed. |
| Colección: | Women in culture and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This first hand report on the work of nurses and other caregivers in a nursing home is set powerfully in the context of wider political, economic, and cultural forces that shape and constrain the quality of care for America's elderly. Diamond demonstrates in a compelling way the price that business-as-usual policies extract from the elderly as well as those whose work it is to care for them.In a society in which some two million people live in 16,000 nursing homes, with their numbers escalating daily, this thought-provoking work demands immediate and widespread attention."[An] unnerving portra. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 280 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-276) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226144795 0226144798 |