Taking care of our own : when family caregivers do medical work / / Sherry N. Mong [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910795615303321
• Autore: Mong Sherry N. <1961->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ithaca : , : ILR Press, , 2021
• ISBN: 1-5017-5145-X; 1-5017-5146-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource)
• Collana: The culture and politics of health care work; Cornell scholarship online
• Disciplina: 362.14
• Soggetti: Caregivers - Social conditions; Home care services - Social aspects; Unpaid labor - Social aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2020.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Work Caregivers Do -- On the Job Training -- Who Pays? -- Integrating Care Work with Life -- "You Do What You Gotta Do" -- Work Shifts.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.