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The Politics of Ailment: A New Approach to Care

The Politics of Ailment: A New Approach to Care

Hardcover

Aging & Elder CareMedical Reference

ISBN10: 1447343476
ISBN13: 9781447343479
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: Aug 23 2022
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Deficiencies in old age care are some of the most pressing human rights concerns in mature welfare states.

This book radically challenges the ethics of viewing care as a tradeable commodity and introduces a novel framework for understanding and analysing social care through the concept of ailment. Providing examples from the British and Finnish welfare states, it demonstrates how ailment shapes societies from the micro to the macro level. Addressing the marketisation and financialisation of care, the authors bring to light increasing inequalities in care.

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