Del 10 - Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs

Body Work in Health and Social Care

Critical Themes, New Agendas

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvJulia Twigg,Carol Wolkowitz,Rachel Lara Cohen,Sarah Nettleton,UK) Twigg, Julia (University of Kent,UK) Wolkowitz, Carol (University of Warwick,UK) Cohen, Rachel Lara (University of Surrey,UK) Nettleton, Sarah (University of York

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The first book to fully explore the multiple ways in which body work features in health and social care and the meanings of this work both for those employed to do it and those on whose bodies they work. Explores the commonalities between different sectors of work, including those outside health and social careContributions come from an international range of expertsDraws on perspectives from across the medical, therapeutic, and care fieldsIncorporates a variety of methodological approaches, from life history analysis to ethnographic studies and first person accounts

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Utgivningsdatum2011-09-23
Mått155 x 231 x 11 mm
Vikt272 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieDel 10 i Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
Antal sidor182
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9781444349870

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Julia Twigg is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at University of Kent and a specialist in old age, care and embodiment. Her books include The Body in Health and Social Care (2006). Carol Wolkowitz is Reader in Sociology at University of Warwick and has written widely on gender and the sociology of work and employment. Her books include Bodies at Work (2006).Rachel Lara Cohen is Lecturer at the University of Surrey, and a specialist in sociology of work and employment. Her books include Feminism Counts: Quantitative Methods and Researching Gender (with C Hughes, 2011).Sarah Nettleton is a Reader in the Department of Sociology at the University of York and has researched and published on a range of health-related topics, all with a focus on the sociology of the body and embodiment. Her books include Sociology of Health and Illness (2006).

Notes on Contributors vii 1 Conceptualising body work in health and social care 1Julia Twigg, Carol Wolkowitz, Rachel Lara Cohen and Sarah Nettleton2 Time, space and touch at work: body work and labour process (re)organisation 19Rachel Lara Cohen3 Managing the body work of home care 36Kim England and Isabel Dyck4 The means of correct training: embodied regulation in training for body work among mothers 50Emma Wainwright, Elodie Marandet and Sadaf Rizvi5 From body-talk to body-stories: body work in complementary and alternative medicine 67Nicola Kay Gale6 Educating with the hands: working on the body⁄self in Alexander Technique 81Jennifer Tarr7 Treating women’s sexual diffi culties: the body work of sexual therapy 94Thea Cacchioni and Carol Wolkowitz8 Actions speak louder than words: the embodiment of trust by healthcare professionals in gynae-oncology 108Patrick R. Brown, Andy Alaszewski, Trish Swift and Andy Nordin9 Body work in respiratory physiological examinations 123Per Måseide10 In a moment of mismatch: overseas doctors’ adjustments in new hospital environments 134Anna Harris11 The co-marking of aged bodies and migrant bodies: migrant workers’ contribution to geriatric medicine in the UK 147Parvati Raghuram, Joanna Bornat and Leroi Henry12 Afterword: Body work and the sociological tradition 162Chris ShillingIndex 167