Beschreibung:
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.
IntroductionPart I: The Work of Skilled Family Caregiving1. The Work Caregivers Do2. On-the-Job Training3. Who Pays?Part II: Relationships, Identities, and Emotions in Skilled Family Care Work4. ntegrating Care Work with Life5. "You Do What You Gotta Do"6. Work ShiftsConclusion