A vocational calling: Exploring a caring technology in elderly care

Pedagogy, Culture and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-370

  Fejes, Andreas ^a   Nicoll, Katherine ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calling; Caring technology; Elderly care; Foucault; Vocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958140025     PISSN: 14681366     EISSN: 17475104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681366.2010.504646     Document Type: Article

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