Regulating aged care
Subtitle: ritualism and the new pyramid
By: John Braithwaite, Toni Makkai, Valerie Braithwaite.
Contributors: Makkai, Toni.; Braithwaite, V. A. 1951-
Publisher: E. Elgar
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847200013
Subjects: Nursing homes -- Inspection -- United States.; Nursing homes -- Inspection -- Great Britain.; Nursing homes -- Inspection -- Australia.; Homes for the Aged -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Australia.; Homes for the Aged -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Great Britain.; Homes for the Aged -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States.; Nursing Homes -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Australia.; Nursing Homes -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Great Britain.; Nursing Homes -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States.; Cross-Cultural Comparison -- Australia.; Cross-Cultural Comparison -- Great Britain.; Cross-Cultural Comparison -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History of nursing home regulation; title: US nursing home regulation; title: The disciplinary society and its enemies; title: American regulatory strategies; title: English nursing home regulation; title: Australian nursing home regulation; title: Dimensions of ritualism; title: Market ritualism; title: Transcending ritualism; title: The new pyramid.