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Feminist perspectives on family care : policies for gender justice / Nancy R. Hooyman, Judith Gonyea.
LIBRA HV1553 .H66 1995
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hooyman, Nancy R.
- Series:
- Family caregiver applications series ; v. 6.
- Family caregiver applications series ; v. 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with disabilities--Home care--United States.
- Home care services--Social aspects--United States.
- Caregivers--Government policy--United States.
- Family policy--United States.
- Family policy.
- Caregivers--Government policy.
- Caregivers.
- Home care services--Social aspects.
- Home care services.
- People with disabilities--Home care.
- United States.
- Sex role--United States.
- Sex role.
- Feminist theory--United States.
- Feminist theory.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 418 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Pubications, 1995.
- Summary:
- This book analyzes the phenomenon of family care for three populations of adult dependents with chronic disabilities: adults with developmental disabilities; adults with serious, persistent mental illness; and the frail elderly. Family care of relatives spanning the life course and across cultures is emphasized.
- Notes:
- "Published in cooperation with the Center for Practice Innovations, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-393) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0803951426
- 0803951434
- OCLC:
- 32468246
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