The caregiving dilemma : work in an American nursing home / Nancy Foner.

Author
Foner, Nancy, 1945- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Berkeley : University of California Press, [1994], ©1994.
Description
ix, 190 pages ; 24 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-181) and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Setting the Context: The Nursing Home World
    • 3. Patients: Pressures, Frustrations, and Satisfactions
    • 4. Institutional Demands: The "Iron Cage" of the Nursing Home
    • 5. Supervisors and the Nursing Hierarchy
    • 6. Family Ties
    • 7. Work Culture in the Nursing Home
    • 8. Conclusion: Caregiving Dilemmas.
    ISBN
    0520083598 (cloth)
    LCCN
    93027426
    OCLC
    29476541
    RCP
    C - S
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