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Developing a typology of family care: implications for nurses and other service providers
Author(s) -
Nolan Mike,
Keady John,
Grant Gordon
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1995.tb02522.x
Subject(s) - typology , nursing , context (archaeology) , psychological intervention , service provider , service (business) , psychology , medicine , sociology , business , paleontology , marketing , anthropology , biology
The meanings attributed to the concept of care are considered It is argued that whilst nursing has paid considerable attention to care in a professional (nursing) context, it has virtually ignored care as it is defined and construed by family carers A new typology of family care is described which builds on the limited existing conceptual work in this area It is further suggested that interventions which are intended to assist carers form a continuum ranging from services which are facultative to those which are actually obstructive In the light of these discussions, the implications of the new typology for nurses working with family carers are addressed briefly