After a fall : a sociomedical sojourn /

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For renowned sociologist and writer Laurel Richardson, a broken foot led to a month as a patient in an extended care facility. In this compelling description of her lived experience in one of these institutions, she addresses key questions of health delivery and behavior: nurses who can be angelic o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Richardson, Laurel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
Foot > Wounds and injuries > Patients.
Long-term care facilities.
Health facilities.
Diseases.
Medical care.
Patients.
Wounds and injuries.
Persons
Leg Injuries
Nursing Homes
Residential Facilities
Named Groups
Health Facilities
Disease
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Delivery of Health Care
Foot Injuries
Patients
Wounds and Injuries
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Patient Care
Pied > Lésions et blessures > Patients.
Établissements de soins, de cure, etc.
Établissements de soins de longue durée.
Équipements sanitaires.
Maladies.
Prestation de soins.
Lésions et blessures.
Soins médicaux.
nursing homes.
extended care facilities.
health facilities.
patients.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
MEDICAL > Long-Term Care.
MEDICAL > Nursing Home Care.
Wounds and injuries
Medical care
Health facilities
Diseases
Long-term care facilities
Personal Narrative
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Fear of falling
  • We don't know why yet
  • Help me ... help me
  • What is right
  • Lo and behold
  • You have lots of friends
  • Snake pit
  • A time to every purpose
  • Kiss me ... kiss
  • Down with the bad, up with the good
  • Food good for women
  • Training wheels
  • The forever home
  • Temporily abled.

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