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.