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Home care workers discuss their work
 — the skills required to "use your common sense"
Author(s)Sheila M Neysmith, Jane Aronson
Journal titleJournal of Aging Studies, vol 10, no 1, Spring 1996
Pagespp 1-14
KeywordsDomiciliary services ; Personnel.
AnnotationDrawing upon in-depth interviews with a sample of home care workers, this study examines various aspects of home care work, focusing on the skills, responsibility and decision-making required, and considers the implications for women's formal and informal caring labour.
Accession NumberCPA-960328010 A
ClassmarkN: QM

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