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Negotiation of self and setting to advantage: an interactionist consideration of nursing home data
Author(s) -
Hanson Barbara Gail
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
sociology of health and illness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1467-9566
pISSN - 0141-9889
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9566.ep10831337
Subject(s) - negotiation , action (physics) , process (computing) , nursing homes , order (exchange) , control (management) , nursing , psychology , interactionism , sociology , social psychology , business , medicine , computer science , management , economics , social science , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , operating system
This paper examines the dynamics of the process of negotiation in a nursing home by focusing on the process of gaining advantage. The concepts of primary and secondary advantage are introduced in order to allow comparison and organization of the data. In the course of examining what rewards are possible and how they are achieved, we are able to see that the impetus to treat and the control of treatment action often lies with the staff of the home rather than the physician, that officially imposed definitions may be unfavourable to the persons they are imposed upon and that the process of deciding on everyday activities is often complex.