Living and Dying at Murray Manor

by Jaber F. Gubrium

Book Overview

Living and Dying at Murray Manor is a classic text that documents how the "work" of everyday life in a nursing home is accomplished. Jaber F. Gubrium spent several months at a nursing home as a participant-observer, involved in activities ranging from performing menial "toileting" work to serving as a gerontologist at staff meetings. The result is not a survey of statistics about nursing homes but an examination of the social organization of care...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031248965X
• ISBN13: 9780312489656
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"