Title Taking care of our own : when family caregivers do medical work / Sherry N. Mong.

Publication Info.	Ithaca : ILR Press, and imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.
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Description	1 online resource (xi, 189 pages).
	text file
Series	The culture and politics of health care work
	Culture and politics of health care work.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject	Caregivers -- Social conditions.
	Caregivers.
	Social conditions.
	Home care services -- Social aspects.
	Home care services -- Social aspects.
	Home care services.
	Unpaid labor -- Social aspects.
	Unpaid labor.
	Social aspects.
	MEDICAL / Home Care.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Mong, Sherry N., 1961- Taking care of our own Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020. 9781501751448 (DLC) 2019056309
ISBN	9781501751462 electronic book
	1501751468 electronic book
	9781501751479 electronic book
	1501751476 electronic book
	9781501751448 hardcover
	9781501751455 paperback