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Making Gray Gold : Narratives of Nursing Home Care

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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.

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  • 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

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