Feminist Perspectives on Family Care: Policies for Gender Justice

by Nancy R. Hooyman and Judith Gonyea

Book Overview

Today women find themselves playing an ever-increasing role in caring for older family members who are frail, developmentally disabled, or suffering from serious mental illness. While this has role of women as caregivers has been documented, the actual impact on the lives of women has remained largely unstudied. In this volume, the authors examine caregiving as a central feminist issue, looking at its impact on women socially, personally, and economically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803951434
• ISBN13: 9780803951433
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"