A classic text that documents the "work" of everyday life in a nursing home. In 1973 sociologist Jaber F. Gubrium spent several months at a nursing home as a pa
Using data drawn from interviews with nursing home residents, Gubrium explores the quality of long-term care they receive and the resulting quality of their liv
This book presents reflexive first-hand accounts from the authors of major book-length ethnographies, recounting how they generated their key ideas in the pract