The Caring Self: The Work Experiences of Home Care Aides (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work)
A revealing study of home care aides and the emotional labor, challenges, and systemic issues shaping their essential work.
About This Book
The Caring Self examines the work experiences of home care aides providing essential support to clients in their homes.
The book explores the emotional and physical demands placed on these workers within the broader health care system.
Through research and interviews, it highlights the challenges and rewards of this often invisible occupation.
Readers gain insight into how care work intersects with issues of gender, class, and policy.
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