The caregiver's tale : loss and renewal in memoirs of family life

The caregiver's tale : loss and renewal in memoirs of family life /

Annotation Ann Burack-Weiss explores a rich variety of published memoirs by authors who cared for ill or disabled family members. Contrary to the common belief that caregiving is nothing more than a stressful situation to be endured, memoirs describe a life transforming experience-self-discovery, a...

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Main Author: Burack-Weiss, Ann
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2006
Subjects:
Caregivers > Case studies.
Chronically ill > Family relationships > Case studies.
Chronically ill > Home care > Case studies.
Caregivers > psychology
Home Nursing > psychology
Family Relations
Computer network resources.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: "Crystallized love"
  • pt. 1 Care situations
  • 1. Introduction : "the flavor of the name"
  • 2. Cancer : "cancer's gift"
  • 3. Dementia : "everything crumbles"
  • 4. HIV/AIDS : "burden of a secret"
  • 5. Mental illness/chemical dependence : "companion demons"
  • pt. 2 Care relationships
  • 6. Introduction : "spun in love's loom"
  • 7. Child care : "an unimagined life"
  • 8. Sibling care : "she was my parents' child, and so was I"
  • 9. Couple care : "this terrible traffic regulation"
  • 10. Parent care : "the consummate act"
  • pt. 3 memoirs
  • 11. Introduction : "jointly human"
  • 12. Memoirs in brief : "our inward journey"
  • 13. Epilogue.

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