The Perils of Patient Government : Professionals and Patients in a Chronic-Care Hospital.

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In 1964 the Senate Committee on Aging reported that "once admitted to an institution ... the veteran begins ... to show signs of social and physical degeneration," a phenomenon that has not escapted the attention of clinicians, social scientists, veterans, and other chronic-care patients....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lella, Joseph W., 1936-
Otros Autores: Bayne, J. R., Csank, J. Z., McKay, J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Chronic diseases.
Chronically ill > Social conditions.
Long-term care of the sick > Canada.
Long-term care facilities > Administration.
Long-term care facilities > Sociological aspects.
Medical personnel and patient.
Nursing homes > Canada > Administration.
Professional-Patient Relations.
Veterans > Medical care.
Health.
Social sciences.
Chronic Disease
Professional-Patient Relations
Health
Social Sciences
Maladies chroniques.
Soins de longue durée > Canada.
Établissements de soins de longue durée > Administration.
Relations personnel médical-patient.
Établissements de soins, de cure, etc. > Canada > Administration.
Anciens combattants > Soins médicaux.
Santé.
Sciences sociales.
health.
social sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Chronic diseases
Chronically ill > Social conditions
Long-term care facilities > Administration
Long-term care facilities > Sociological aspects
Long-term care of the sick
Medical personnel and patient
Nursing homes > Administration
Social sciences
Veterans > Medical care
Canada
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Sumario:In 1964 the Senate Committee on Aging reported that "once admitted to an institution ... the veteran begins ... to show signs of social and physical degeneration," a phenomenon that has not escapted the attention of clinicians, social scientists, veterans, and other chronic-care patients. Assuming that social withdrawal in the institutional setting was avoidable and that a strictly medical model of chronic care was inappropriate, Lella and his collaborators established a patient-government project designed to give thirty elderly men in a large veterans' hospital, who suffered from various de.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (249 pages)
ISBN:9780889207349
0889207348

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