After a Fall
A Sociomedical Sojourn
Published on 16. June 2016
270 pages
978-1-315-43532-9 (ISBN)
Description
For renowned sociologist and writer Laurel Richardson, a broken foot led to a month as a patient in an extended care facility. In this compelling description of her lived experience in one of these institutions, she addresses key questions of health delivery and behavior: nurses who can be angelic or cruel, institutional policies often structured to maximize income over care, and patients whose behavior often does not mirror the severity of their condition. She points to inequality of treatment of patients of different ethnicities, genders, and classes, and to an underclass of health workers-often poor immigrants-whose own personal and familial problems mirror those of their patients. Enfolded in a captivating narrative of life in the facility, Richardson's book is a revealing literary autoethnography designed for social scientists, health care professionals, and students alike.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
9,30 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-315-43532-9 (9781315435329)
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04/2013
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04/2013
1st Edition
Left Coast Press Inc
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Person
Laurel Richardson
Content
Chapter 1 Fear of Falling; Chapter 2 "We Don't Know Why, Yet"; Chapter 3 "Help Me... Help Me"; Chapter 4 What Is Right; Chapter 5 Lo And Behold; Chapter 6 You Have A Lot Of Friends; Chapter 7 Snake Pit; Chapter 8 A Time For Every Purpose; Chapter 9 Kiss Me... Kiss Me...; Chapter 10 Down With The Bad, Up With The Good; Chapter 11 Food Good for Women; Chapter 12 Training Wheels; Chapter 13 The Forever Home; Chapter 14 Temporarily Abled;
