02761oam 2200661I 450 991082660370332120230808211310.01-315-43531-41-315-43532-21-315-43533-01-61132-318-510.4324/9781315435336 (CKB)2670000000353161(EBL)1179264(OCoLC)842882469(SSID)ssj0000871071(PQKBManifestationID)12402507(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000871071(PQKBWorkID)10820140(PQKB)10101770(MiAaPQ)EBC1179264(Au-PeEL)EBL1179264(CaPaEBR)ebr10693775(CaONFJC)MIL932549(OCoLC)954007006(EXLCZ)99267000000035316120180706e20162013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfter a fall a sociomedical sojourn /Laurel RichardsonLondon ;New York :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (270 p.)First published 2013 by Left Coast Press, Inc.1-61132-317-7 1-61132-316-9 Includes bibliographical references.Fear of falling -- We don't know why yet -- Help me ... help me -- What is right -- Lo and behold -- You have lots of friends -- Snake pit -- A time to every purpose -- Kiss me ... kiss -- Down with the bad, up with the good -- Food good for women -- Training wheels -- The forever home -- Temporily abled.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-oPatientsNursing homesLong-term care of the sickFootWounds and injuriesPatientsPatients.Nursing homes.Long-term care of the sick.FootWounds and injuriesPatients.362.16Richardson Laurel.975789MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826603703321After a fall4026022UNINA