{
"item_title" : "Making Gray Gold",
"item_author" : [" Timothy Diamond "],
"item_description" : "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 business-as-usual policies extract from the elderly as well as those whose work it is to care for them.In a society in which some two million people live in 16,000 nursing homes, with their numbers escalating daily, this thought-provoking work demands immediate and widespread attention.",
"item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/22/614/474/0226144747_b.jpg",
"price_data" : {
"retail_price" : "33.00", "online_price" : "33.00", "our_price" : "33.00", "club_price" : "33.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : ""
}
}
Making Gray Gold : Narratives of Nursing Home Care
Overview
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 business-as-usual policies extract from the elderly as well as those whose work it is to care for them.In a society in which some two million people live in 16,000 nursing homes, with their numbers escalating daily, this thought-provoking work demands immediate and widespread attention.
This item is Non-Returnable
Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780226144740
- ISBN-10: 0226144747
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Publish Date: May 1995
- Dimensions: 8.94 x 6.04 x 0.65 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.89 pounds
- Page Count: 296
Related Categories
