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Applying risk society theory to findings of a scoping review on caregiver safety
Author(s)	Marilyn Macdonald, Ariella Lang
Journal title	Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 22, no 2, March 2014
Publisher	Wiley Blackwell, March 2014
Pages	pp 124-133
Source	wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/hsc
Keywords	Informal care ; At risk ; Chronic illness ; Literature reviews.
Annotation	Chronic illness represents a growing concern in the western world; and individuals living with chronic illness are primarily managed at home by family caregivers. A scoping review of the home-care literature (2004-2009; updated with review articles from 2010 to January 2013) on the topic of the caregiver revealed that this group experiences the following safety-related concerns: caregivers are conscripted to the role, experience economic hardship, risk being abused as well as abusing, and may well become patients themselves. Methodology and methods used in the scoping review are presented as well as a brief overview of the findings. The concepts of risk and safety are defined. Risk Society Theory is introduced and used as a lens to view the findings, and to contribute to an understanding of the construction of risk in contemporary health-care. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-150522238 A
Classmark	P6: CA3: CI: 64A
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