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Peer reviewedSigman, Stuart J. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1986
Develops a perspective for studying institutional procedures for assigning incoming patients to available wards and for transferring patients between and among wards. Presents ethnographic data collected in one extended-care facility. Discusses staff-patient and patient-patient interactions surrounding ward assignments and transfers. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Organizational Communication
