ISBN:
9781444345858
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9781444349870
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9781444345865
,
9781444345841
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1444349872
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9781444349870
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 172 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Sociology of health and illness monograph series 10
Parallel Title:
Print version Body Work in Health and Social Care
DDC:
306.4/61
Keywords:
Human body Social aspects
;
Social medicine
Abstract:
The first book to fully explore the multiple ways in which body work features in health and social care and the meanings of this work both for those employed to do it and those on whose bodies they work.Explores the commonalities between different sectors of work, including those outside health and social careContributions come from an international range of expertsDraws on perspectives from across the medical, therapeutic, and care fieldsIncorporates a variety of methodological approaches, from life history analysis to ethnographic studies and first person accounts
Abstract:
"Body work is paid work undertaken on the bodies of others. Although it forms a central part of health and social care, its study has often been obscured or neglected. This volume is the first to directly address the concept, exploring the multiple ways in which body work features in health and social care and analyzing the meanings of this work for both those employed to do it and those on whose bodies they work. With contributions from the top international scholars in the field, the book draws on perspectives from across the medical, therapeutic, and care fields. Using a variety of methodological approaches, from life history analysis to ethnographic studies and first person accounts, this book highlights the embodiment of health and social care and the contribution of this emphasis to new directions in sociology. "--
Description / Table of Contents:
Body Work in Health and Social Care Critical Themes, New Agendas; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1: Conceptualising body work in health and social care; 2: Time, space and touch at work: body work and labour process (re)organisation; 3: Managing the body work of home care; 4: The means of correct training: embodied regulation in training for body work among mothers; 5: From body-talk to body-stories: body work in complementary and alternative medicine; 6: Educating with the hands: working on the body/self in Alexander Technique
Description / Table of Contents:
7: Treating women's sexual difficulties: the body work of sexual therapy8: Actions speak louder than words: the embodiment of trust by healthcare professionals in gynae-oncology; 9: Body work in respiratory physiological examinations; 10: In a moment of mismatch: overseas doctors' adjustments in new hospital environments; 11: The co-marking of aged bodies and migrant bodies: migrant workers' contribution to geriatric medicine in the UK; 12: Afterword: Body work and the sociological tradition Chris Shilling; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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