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UNINA9910457227103321 |
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Autore |
Stacey Clare L (Clare Louise), <1973-> |
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Titolo |
The caring self [[electronic resource] ] : the work experiences of home care aides / / Clare L. Stacey |
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Ithaca, : ILR Press, 2011 |
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0-8014-6332-7 |
0-8014-6331-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (213 p.) |
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Collana |
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The culture and politics of health care work |
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Home health aides - United States |
Home care services - Social aspects - United States |
Home care services - United States - Psychological aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction : on the front lines of care -- The costs of caring -- Doing the dirty work : the physical and emotional labor of home care -- The rewards of caring -- Organizing home care -- Conclusion : improving the conditions of paid caregiving. |
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were approximately 1.7 million home health aides and personal and home care aides in the United States as of 2008. These home care aides are rapidly becoming the backbone of America's system of long-term care, and their numbers continue to grow. Often referred to as frontline care providers or direct care workers, home care aides-disproportionately women of color-bathe, feed, and offer companionship to the elderly and disabled in the context of the home. In The Caring Self, Clare L. Stacey draws on observations of and interviews with aides working in Ohio and California to explore the physical and emotional labor associated with the care of others.Aides experience material hardships-most work for minimum wage, and the services they provide are denigrated as unskilled labor-and find themselves negotiating social norms and affective rules associated with both family and work. This has negative implications for workers who struggle to establish clear limits on their |
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emotional labor in the intimate space of the home. Aides often find themselves giving more, staying longer, even paying out of pocket for patient medications or incidentals; in other words, they feel emotional obligations expected more often of family members than of employees. However, there are also positive outcomes: some aides form meaningful ties to elderly and disabled patients. This sense of connection allows them to establish a sense of dignity and social worth in a socially devalued job. The case of home care allows us to see the ways in which emotional labor can simultaneously have deleterious and empowering consequences for workers. |
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UNINA9910830989103321 |
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Autore |
Ellner Paul D. |
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The Biomedical Scientist as Expert Witness / / Paul D. Ellner |
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 168 pages) : illustrations |
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Evidence, Expert |
Medical jurisprudence |
Medical microbiology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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The forensic microbiologist as an expert -- How the process starts -- The arena -- Civil proceedings 101 -- Basics of tort law -- Duties of the expert witness -- Obtaining experimental evidence -- The analytical process -- Reports and affidavits -- Depositions -- The trial -- Cases involving laboratory errors -- Medical malpractice -- The nonphysician in medical malpractice litigation -- Food poisoning cases -- Product liability cases -- Corporate disputes -- Other tort cases -- Working as a litigation consultant -- Cases not taken -- Business aspects -- How trial lawyers can improve the use of the expert -- Evolution of expert witnesses. |
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Ellner (emeritus microbiology and pathology, Columbia U.) has testified in over 80 cases, and loves the activity not because it fulfills civil duty or pursues justice, but because it allows him to convince the court that the science he has devoted his life to is true and relevant to the case. He offers advice to others considering the same path, warning that the work is intensive. He focuses on microbiology, that being his specialty, but his experience should apply to most any biomedical scientist. |
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