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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785625103321

Autore

Hazan Haim

Titolo

Managing change in old age : the control of meaning in an institutional setting / / Haim Hazan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 1992

©1992

ISBN

1-4384-0626-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xxi, 182 pages)

Collana

SUNY Series in Anthropology and Judaic Studies

Disciplina

305.26/09

Soggetti

Older people - Institutional care - Israel

Older people - Attitudes - Israel

Old age homes - Management - Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION - ON MANAGING CHANGE IN OLD AGE""; ""Content""; ""THE SETTING""; ""SPHERES OF RELEVANCE""; ""FIELDS OF CONTROL""; ""THE DISCUSSION GROUP""; ""THE SYNAGOGUE GROUP""; ""CONCLUSION: MANAGING CHANGE-A SYNCHRONIC PERSPECTIVE""; ""Back Matter""; ""POSTSCRIPT: ACCOUNTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY - REPORTING OLD AGE""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""; ""Back Matter""