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Bathing - the Body and Community Care
Julia Twigg
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Description for Bathing - the Body and Community Care
paperback. This book examines the work of a major employment group within the health and welfare field. It relates to debates on the body and issues associated with disability, personal space and autonomy and the power of dynamics of care. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
Community care lies at the intersection of day-to-day life and the public world of service provision. Using the lens of one particular activity - bathing - this book explores what happens when the public world of professionals and service provision enters the lives of older and disabled people. In doing so it addresses wider issues concerning the management of the body, the meaning of carework and the significance of body care in the ordering of daily life.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415204217
SKU
V9780415204217
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Julia Twigg
Julia Twigg, University of Kent, UK
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