Gender and Community Care: Social Work and Social Care Perspectives

by Brian Balmer and Joan Orme

Are there differences in the way that men and women care? Are the care needs of women and men perceived as being different? What do we mean by community? Is being cared for always a positive experience? How can social workers and social care workers work positively with individual differences?

Much has been written about both the formal and informal provision of community care, and women's role within this. However, less attention has been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333619897
• ISBN13: 9780333619896
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"