Materialities in and of Institutional Care for Elderly People
Since some decades, nursing homes for elderly people are discussed as “total institutions” in the sense of Erving Goffman. However, this line of research has not clarified yet as to how the creation of a totalizing nursing home is actually achieved on the basis of everyday practices and interactions...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Sociology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsoc.2018.00030/full |