Stories of Family Caregiving: Reconsiderations of Theory, Literature, and Life

by Suzanne Poirier and Lioness Ayres

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This interdisciplinary book explores the experiences of women and men who provide long-term, life-sustaining care to family members. Family caregiving has historically been perceived as the overwhelming and frequently onerous duty of beleaguered and/or saintly women. Although this portrait may apply to some situations, overall this predominately upper middle-class, white image of the "angel in the house" is limited and dangerously stereotypical. This...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1930538065

ISBN13:9781930538061

Release Date:November 2002

Publisher:SIGMA Theta Tau International, Center for Nur

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.79 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 8.3" x 5.7"

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