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Challenging the ethics of care as a tradeable commodity, this book introduces the concept of ailment as a framework for understanding social care. Providing examples from Britain and Finland, it demonstrates how ailment shapes all societies, and by addressing the marketisation of care, the authors bring to light increasing inequalities in care.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Humans as ailing beings 2. Tracing ailment in social and care policies 3. Profit making and ailment: the marketisation and financialisation of care 4. Ailment in caring encounters and divisions of care labour 5. The politics of ailment

The Politics of Ailment

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    A Hardback by Minna Zechner, Lena Näre, Olli Karsio

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 22/07/2022
      ISBN13: 9781447343479, 978-1447343479
      ISBN10: 1447343476
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      Age groups: the elderly / old age Health, illness or addiction: social aspects

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Challenging the ethics of care as a tradeable commodity, this book introduces the concept of ailment as a framework for understanding social care. Providing examples from Britain and Finland, it demonstrates how ailment shapes all societies, and by addressing the marketisation of care, the authors bring to light increasing inequalities in care.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction: Humans as ailing beings 2. Tracing ailment in social and care policies 3. Profit making and ailment: the marketisation and financialisation of care 4. Ailment in caring encounters and divisions of care labour 5. The politics of ailment

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