《Old Age in Transition》是1997年出版的圖書，作者是Woolfson, Peter。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Old Age in Transition
- 作者：Woolfson, Peter
- 出版時間：1997年8月
- ISBN：9780897894975
內容簡介
Most studies of geriatric patients have focused on nursing homes. In fact, most people are placed in these institutions only after being evaluated by medical and social service staff. This ethnography details the day-to-day experiences of a geriatric and assessment unit by examining the staff, families, and patients themselves. It looks at the activities that take place in the unit as well as the less obvious cultural patterns of the process. Using the Ethnography of Speaking method, it explores the human side of this most difficult of life's decisions.
