The Room at the End of the Hall An Ombudsman’s Notebook /

In this first person narrative, Bette Ann Moskowitz tells what it is like to be a volunteer long-term care ombudsman, and how, with thirty-six hours of training, she entered the unfamiliar world of a nursing home to advocate for its almost-three hundred residents. She brings the reader along as she...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Moskowitz, Bette Ann (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2012.
Σειρά:Transgressions, Cultural Studies and Education ; 92
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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