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Double-duty caregiving
— women in the health professions | | Author(s) | Catherine Ward-Griffin, Judith Belle Brown, Anthony Vandervoort |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 24, no 4, Winter 2005 |
| Pages | pp 379-394 |
| Source | http://www.utpjournals.com |
| Keywords | Women as carers ; Social roles ; Accounting ; Social workers ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Although caring is a central and common feature of the personal and professional lives of many women, the separation of paid caregiving from unpaid family caregiving among health care providers is problematic. This feminist narrative study examines the experiences of women in four different health professions (nursing, medicine, physiotherapy and social work) who provided care to older relatives. Study findings suggest that female health professionals who assume family responsibilities continually negotiate the boundaries between their professional and personal caring work. Despite the use of a variety of strategies for managing their double-duty caregiving demands, many women experienced a dramatic blurring or erosion of these boundaries, resulting in feelings of isolation, tension and extreme physical and mental exhaustion. These findings suggest that women who are double-duty caregivers - especially those with limited time, finances or other tangible supports - may experience poor health, which warrants further study. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070110204 A |
| Classmark | P6:SH: TM5: WT: QR: 3F: 7S |
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