Care work : present and future /
Contributor(s): Boddy, Janet | Cameron, Claire | Moss, Peter.
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006Description: vi, 197 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415347726 (hbk.); 9780415347723:; 0415347734 (pbk.).Subject(s): Human services -- Great Britain | Caregivers -- Great Britain | Social workers -- Great BritainDDC classification: 361.30941 Summary: The care work sector in the UK is facing a crisis in recruitment and retention, while assumptions and gender biases of informal care are being shifted. The articles in this book consider the current situation of care work and workers, from care of the young to the old and from paid care to family care.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-190) and index.
The care work sector in the UK is facing a crisis in recruitment and retention, while assumptions and gender biases of informal care are being shifted. The articles in this book consider the current situation of care work and workers, from care of the young to the old and from paid care to family care.