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Biting off the Bracelet : a Study of Children in Hospitals /

This is a book about the social situation of the hospitalized child in twentieth-century America. With details and examples drawn from the day-to-day life of children in hospitals, the author shows how children are often frightened and confused by a system that professes to be a benevolent one. Spea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beuf, Ann H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • one. The role of person-in-a-total-institution
  • two. Socialization for patienting
  • three. Coping i: the children
  • four. Coping ii: the staff
  • five. Social and sociological implications
  • six. Some proposed changes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index