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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...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Diamond, Timothy
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Édition:Pbk. ed.
Collection:Women in culture and society.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Mining the Raw Materials; 1 "Welcome to the Firing Line of Health Care"; 2 "How Do You Make It on Just One Job?"; 3 "Where's My Social Security?"; Part Two: Forming the Gold Bricks; 4 "Why Can't I Get a Little Rest around Here?"; 5 "If It's Not Charted, It Didn't Happen"; Part Three: Melting the Gold Bricks Down; 6 "There's Nothing Wrong with the Scale, It's the Building That's Tipped"; 7 Now for "A Little Rest around Here"; Notes; References; Index;.