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NURSING HOME AGED: A BIOCULTURAL MODEL
| Title: | THE NURSING HOME AGED: A BIOCULTURAL MODEL. |
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| Name(s): |
PALMIERI, ELEANORE A. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Sublett, Audrey J., Thesis advisor Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of Anthropology |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1976 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 69 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | A nursing home population in Lake Worth, Florida was studied in terms of a biocultural model utilizing demographic, biological, environmental, and cultural variables. The aim of this research was to discuss ways by which the geriatric patient is biologically and culturally adapting as well as interacting with his/her environment. This aim was best achieved by a study of past and present disease incidence exhibited by patients in the nursing home sub-culture. Blood samples were drawn and typed to test for possible relationships between blood groups and disease. Some types of mental disorders were associated with the patient as an end process of adaptation to the organizational and institutional pressures of the nursing home environment. In this paper, possibilities for further research are suggested which could contribute to an improvement in quality of physical and mental health among geriatric patients in the nursing home sub-culture. | |
| Identifier: | 13785 (digitool), FADT13785 (IID), fau:10615 (fedora) | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): |
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976. |
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| Subject(s): |
Nursing home patients--Florida--Case studies Nursing homes |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13785 | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
