Circles of Care: Work and Identity in Women's Lives (SUNY series on Women and Work)

Explores the experience of women providing care to children, disabled persons, the chronically ill, and the frail elderly.This work examines the experience of women providing care to children, disabled persons, the chronically ill, and the frail elderly. It differs from most writing about caregiving because it focuses on the providers rather than the care recipients. It looks at the experience of women caregivers in specific settings, exploring what caregiving actually entails and what it means in their lives