Calling for Care: 'Disembodied' Work, Teleoperators and Older People Living at Home

Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 490-506

  Roberts, Celia ^a   Mort, Maggie ^a   Milligan, Christine ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

call centres; care; care work; older people; telecare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862198139     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038511422551     Document Type: Article

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