Making Gray Gold - Narratives of Nursing Home Care

Foreword by Catharine R. StimpsonAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One: Mining the Raw Materials"Welcome to the Firing Line of Health Care"How Do You Make It on Just One Job?"Where's My Social Security?"Part Two: Forming the Gold Bricks"Why Can't I Get a Little Rest around Here?"If It's Not Charted, It Didn't Happen"Part Three: Melting the Gold Bricks Down"There's Nothing Wrong with the Scale, It's the Building That's Tipped"Now for "A Little Rest around Here"NotesReferencesIndex

Summary

This exploration of the work of nurses and other caregivers in nursing homes is set in the context of wider political, economic and cultural forces that influence, both positively and negatively, the quality of care for America's elderly.

Product details

• Authors: Diamond, Timothy Diamond, Diamond Timothy
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.1995
• EAN: 9780226144740
• ISBN: 978-0-226-14474-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 24 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Women in Culture and Society; Women in Culture and Society Series; Women in Culture and Society; Women in Culture & Society Series WCS (CHUP); Women in Culture & Society Series WCS
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, Cultural Studies, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, MEDICAL / Nursing / Home & Community Care, Care of the elderly, United States of America, USA, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Community nursing, MEDICAL / Nursing / Care Plans