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The meaning of care : the social construction of care for elderly people /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weicht, Bernhard, 1981- (Author)
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:
Older people > Care.
Older people > Services for.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2.Who Should Care? The Construction of Caring Relationships
  • 3. Where Should Care be Given and Received? The Geographies of Care
  • 4. How Should Communities Care? Nostalgia and Longing for the Ideal
  • 5. Who is Seen to be Care For? The Construction of the Care Receiver
  • 6. Buying and Selling Care? The Intrusion of Markets and Bureaucracy
  • 7. Epilogue.