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Author Mong, Sherry N., 1961- author.

Title Taking care of our own : when family caregivers do medical work / Sherry N. Mong
Published Ithaca : ILR Press, and imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 189 pages)
Series The culture and politics of health care work
Culture and politics of health care work.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. THE WORK OF SKILLED FAMILY CAREGIVING. 1. The work caregivers do -- 2. On the job training -- 3. Who pays? -- PART II. RELATIONSHIPS, IDENTITIES, AND EMOTIONS IN SKILLED FAMILY CARE WORK. 4. Integrating care work with life -- 5. "You do what you gotta do" -- 6. Work shifts -- Conclusion -- Methodological approach -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary "Drawing on interviews with family caregivers and nurses, this book explores the labor processes that occur when caregivers learn and implement skilled nursing procedures."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 28, 2020)
Subject Caregivers -- Social conditions
Home care services -- Social aspects
Unpaid labor -- Social aspects
MEDICAL / Home Care
Home care services -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019056310
ISBN 9781501751462
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9781501751479
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