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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815324703321

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, c1992

ISBN

1-4384-0626-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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 - Israel - Attitudes

Old age homes - Israel - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-179) and index.

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""