The moral economy of selfhood and caring: Negotiating boundaries of personal care as embodied moral practice

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 550-564

  Chattoo, Sangeeta ^a   Ahmad, Waqar I U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caring; Culture ethnicity; Gender; Inter subjectivity; Moral identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIVACY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NEGOTIATING; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRIVACY;

EID: 42449157953     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01072.x     Document Type: Article

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