Valuing Care Work : : Comparative Perspectives /

Valuing Care Work : : Comparative Perspectives / / Cecilia Benoit, Helga Hallgrimsdottir.

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There are many forms of paid and unpaid labour encompassed in health care systems, including home care for the elderly or disabled, community health services, and the care family members provide for loved ones. Valuing Care Work is an international comparative study that examines economic organizati...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Benoit, Cecilia,
Hallgrimsdottir, Helga,
MitwirkendeR:
Benoit, Cecilia,
Bjornsdóttir, Kristin,
Bourgeault, Ivy,
Brown, Debra,
Brown, Leslie,
Callahan, Marilyn,
Casey, Lauren,
Ceci, Christine,
Dolan, Holly,
Einarsdóttir, Þorgerdur,
Eni, Rachel,
Funk, Laura,
Hallgrímsdóttir, Helga Kristín,
Hallgrímsdóttir, Helga,
Kobayashi, Karen,
Leischner, Chris,
Mackenzie, Patricia,
Martin-Matthews, Anne,
Mellow, Muriel,
Phillips, Rachel,
Purkis, Mary Ellen,
Sims-Gould, Joanie,
Teghtsoonian, Kathy,
Thien, Deborah,
Treloar, Rachel,
Whittington, Barbara,
Wrede, Sirpa,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2011
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Part One: Theoretical Considerations
  • 1. Conceptualizing Care Work
  • 2. Emplacing Care: Understanding Care Work across Social and Spatial Contexts
  • Part Two: Paid Care Work in Formal Organizations
  • 3. In Search of Equity and Dignity in Maternity Care: Canada in Comparative Perspective
  • 4. Caring beyond Borders: Comparing the Relationship between Nursing Work and Migration Patterns in Canada and Finland
  • Part Three: Paid Care Work in Intimate and Community Settings
  • 5. Patching Up the Holes: Analysing Paid Care Work in Homes
  • 6. My Home, Your Work, Our Relationship: Elderly Clients' Experiences of Home Care Services
  • 7. Bifurcated Conscience: Aboriginal Care Workers in Community Settings
  • Part Four: Unpaid Care Work in Intimate Settings
  • 8. Mothers' Health, Responsibilization, and Choice in Unpaid Family Care Work after Separation/Divorce
  • 9. 'Choice' in Unpaid Intimate Labour: Adult Children with Aging Parents
  • 10. Spinning the Family Web: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Canada
  • Part Five: Unpaid Care Work in Economic Organizations
  • 11. Voluntary Caregiving? Constraints and Opportunities for Hospital Volunteers
  • 12. Volunteering on the Front Line: Caring for Sex Workers in Non-profit Organizations
  • Part Six: Public Policy Implications and New Directions for Research
  • 13. Neoliberalism, Gender, and Care Work: Trends and Challenges

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