The Meaning of Care: The Social Construction of Care for Elderly People

Weicht, Bernhard

Bernhard Weicht provides a multi-layered analysis of how we understand and construct care in everyday life, the meanings it has for ourselves, our families, our relationships, identities and our sense of society and what is right and proper, making an original contribution to the discussion of the nature of care ethics and its political potential.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349445943

DOI: 10.1057/9781137274946

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 255