title: Bricolage: making do with what is at hand.
abstract: While researching and writing her dissertation, the author discovers the concept of bricolage. She describes its application in Tanzania and in a long-term acute care hospital in the Midwestern United States.
authors.affiliation: Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. mcaagard@earthlink.net
authors.forename: Magdeline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aagard
mesh_terms: D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D015279:Organizational Culture; D013636:Tanzania