Wandering the Wards: An Ethnography of Hospital, Featherstone, Northcott..

Name: Wandering the Wards: An Ethnography of Hospital, Featherstone, Northcott..
Brand: Taylor & Francis > Cardiff University

Taylor & Francis > Cardiff University

Wandering the WardsAn Ethnography of Hospital Care and its Consequences for People Living with Dementia\nAuthor(s): Katie Featherstone, Andy Northcott\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781350078451, 978-1350078451\nSynopsis\nWandering the Wards provides a detailed and unflinching ethnographic examination of life within the contemporary hospital. It reveals the institutional and ward cultures that inform the organisation and delivery of everyday care for one of the largest populations within them: people living with dementia who require urgent unscheduled hospital care. \n\nDrawing on five years of research embedded in acute wards in the UK, the authors follow people living with dementia through their admission, shadowing hospital staff as they interact with them during and across shifts. In a major contribution to the tradition of hospital ethnography, this book provides a valuable analysis of the organisation and de*