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Old Age in Transition: The Geriatric Ward

Old Age in Transition: The Geriatric Ward

Woolfson, Peter

Hardcover

Aging & Elder CareMedical ReferenceAnthropology

ISBN10: 0897894979
ISBN13: 9780897894975
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Aug 26 1997
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.28 Depth: 9.48
Language: English
Most studies of geriatric patients have focused on nursing homes. In fact, most people are placed in these institutions only after being evaluated by medical and social service staff. This ethnography details the day-to-day experiences of a geriatric and assessment unit by examining the staff, families, and patients themselves. It looks at the activities that take place in the unit as well as the less obvious cultural patterns of the process. Using the Ethnography of Speaking method, it explores the human side of this most difficult of life's decisions.

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