The institutional practice [[electronic resource] ] : on nursing homes and hospitalizations / / Gudmund Ågotnes

• Autore: Ågotnes Gudmund
• Pubblicazione: Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing), 2017; [Place of publication not identified] : , : Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publication), , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)
• Soggetto topico: Nursing homes; Professional practice; Older people - Care - Norway; Older people - Care - Canada; Older people - Care - United States; Older people - Care - Great Britain; Older people - Medical care; Nursing homes - Case studies
• Soggetto non controllato: praxeology; nursing homes; institutions; professional uncertainty; hospitalizations; care of elderly; bourdieu; professional practice; continuity of care; Dementia; Norway; Pierre Bourdieu; Registered nurse
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1. Introduction --chapter 2. Background and context -- chapter 3. The nursing homes --Part one of the analysis: a preliminary analysis of hospitalizations from nursing homes --chapter 4. An analysis of the literature on hospitalization --chapter 5. What matters? A small chapter about complexity --chapter 6. The ambiguity of "hospitalizations" --Part two of the analysis: the premises of practice --chapter 7. Understanding the nursing home --chapter 8. "Hardship and toil" in the nursing home --Part three of the analysis: variation in practice --chapter 9. The institutional practice --chapter 10. Variation in hospitalization --Source of data.
• Sommario/riassunto: The nursing home resident of today is old and frail. Despite such a frailty, many residents are hospitalized, often with the intention of life-extension. Furthermore, rates of hospitalization varies considerably between countries, regions and institutions, even within smaller geographical areas. Even though relating to the same structural framework and conditions, distance to hospitals for instance, some nursing homes hospitalize considerably more than others.
• Titolo autorizzato: The institutional practice
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910220013503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II