Living and Dying at Murray Manor / Edition 1

by Jaber F. Gubrium

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 in a single home the author calls Murray Manor. Gubrium's research reveals how staff, clientele, relatives, visiting physicians, and funeral directors negotiated their respective roles, needs, and goals- and how, in the end, Murray Manor emerged as an organized social entity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813917771
Publisher:	University of Virginia Press
Publication date:	09/29/1997
Series:	Age Studies in Humanities and Science
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	221
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jaber F. Gubrium is Professor of Sociology at the University of Florida and the author of several books, including The Active Interview and The New Language of Qualitative Method.