| Description |
xi, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
'Convalescence' -- Introduction / Ann Brechin -- 1. Living in Residential Care / Dorothy Atkinson -- 2. Discovering the Present in Stories About the Past / John Adams, Joanna Bornat and Mary Prickett -- 3. Terminal Care or Terminal Carelessness / Jeanne Katz -- 4. Young Carers / Stan Tucker and Penny Liddiard -- 5. Care, Support, or Something Else? / Jill Reynolds and Jan Walmsley -- 6. Normality and Disabling Care / John Swain and Sally French -- 7. Treatment or Tender Loving Care / Moyra Sidell -- 8. Caring in Place / Sheila M. Peace -- 9. Caregiving, Carework and Professional Care / Celia Davies -- 10. The Emergence of Care as a Policy / Julia Johnson -- 11. Changing Health Care / Linda J. Jones -- 12. What Makes for Good Care? / Ann Brechin |
| Summary |
How can we make sense of the varying concepts of care and of the many forms care takes in practice? How can ̀good' care be defined and evaluated? This book draws upon a range of academic disciplines including sociology, social policy, psychology, history, geography, social work and nursing to address these questions. The authors consider whether shared meanings in the concept of care can still be found across differences of: family and paid care; health and social care; perspectives ̀carer' and ̀cared for'; and the experiences of different ̀client' groups. Commonalities are identified in the form of concerns about personal empowerment, about choice and self-esteem and about the balance needed between independence, interdependence and dependency. What also emerges is the relevance of such issues for those giving as well as receiving care |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Care of the sick.
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Caregivers.
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Caregivers -- Great Britain.
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Human services -- Great Britain.
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Human services.
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Medical care -- Great Britain.
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Medical care.
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Medical social work -- Great Britain.
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Medical social work.
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Public health.
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Social service -- Great Britain.
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Social service.
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Social Work.
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Caregivers.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 |
| Author |
Glaister, Ann.
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| LC no. |
98075102 |
| ISBN |
0761955658 |
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0761955666 (paperback) |
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