Living & 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813917778
• ISBN13: 9780813917771
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"