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Working and Caring for a Child with Chronic Illness : Disconnected and Doing It All /

Using an innovative, action research approach, Vickers explores the lives of women who work full time while caring for a child with significant chronic illness or disability. She demonstrates that such women can be disconnected from those around them, unsupported and overwhelmed with responsibility...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vickers, Margaret H. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Family.
Medicine/Public Health, general.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.
Social Care.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Adolescence.
Children.
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Families.
Medicine.
Social groups.
Social sciences.
Social service.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Using an innovative, action research approach, Vickers explores the lives of women who work full time while caring for a child with significant chronic illness or disability. She demonstrates that such women can be disconnected from those around them, unsupported and overwhelmed with responsibility at home and work.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 225 pages)
ISBN:9780230505902
DOI:10.1057/9780230505902