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Autore |
Rugkåsa Jorun |
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Titolo |
Care and culture : care relations from the perspectives of mental health caregivers in ethnic minority families / / by Jorun Rugkåsa |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (187 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Caregivers |
Home care services |
Minorities |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Informal care provided by family members is central to current health and social care policy. Caregiving can be seen as a point where macro- and micro-level processes meet: it simultaneously concerns the organization of welfare states and the everyday lives of the millions of people giving and receiving informal care. This makes it important to understand how the carer role is conceptualized and performed by those occupying it.Care and Culture contributes to the sociology of caregiving by giving voice to mental health carers from a great variety of backgrounds and by placing personal experienc |
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