Taking Care of Our Own - When Family Caregivers Do Medical Work (Hardcover)

Mixing personal history, interviewee voices, and academic theory from the fields of care work, the sociology of work, medical sociology, and nursing, Taking Care of Our Own introduces us to the hidden world of family caregivers. Using a multidimensional approach, Sherry N. Mong seeks to understand and analyze the types of skilled work that family caregivers do, the processes through which they learn and negotiate new skills, and the meanings that both caregivers and nurses attach to their care work. Taking Care of Our Own is based on sixty-two in-depth interviews with family caregivers, home and community health care nurses, and other expert observers to provide a lens through which in-home care processes are analyzed, while also exploring how caregivers learn necessary procedures. Further, Mong examines the emotional labor of caregiving, as well as the identities of caregivers and nurses who are key players in the labor process, and gives attention to the ways in which the labor is transferred from medical professionals to family caregivers.

General

Imprint:	ILR Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
Release date:	October 2020
First published:	2022
Authors:	Sherry N. Mong
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-1-5017-5144-8
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Home nursing & caring Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > General Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > General Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	1-5017-5144-1
Barcode:	9781501751448

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