Taking care of our own : when family caregivers do medical work /

Mong, Sherry N., 1961-

Taking care of our own : when family caregivers do medical work / Sherry N. Mong. - Ithaca : ILR Press, and imprint of Cornell University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (xi, 189 pages). - The culture and politics of health care work .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The Work Caregivers Do -- On the Job Training -- Who Pays? -- Integrating Care Work with Life -- "You Do What You Gotta Do" -- Work Shifts.

"Drawing on interviews with family caregivers and nurses, this book explores the labor processes that occur when caregivers learn and implement skilled nursing procedures."--



9781501751462 9781501751479

2019056310


Caregivers--Social conditions.
Home care services--Social aspects.
Unpaid labor--Social aspects.


Electronic Books.

RA645 / .T355 2020