There's no place like home : place and care in an ageing society /

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Author / Creator:Milligan, Christine, 1954-
Imprint:Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009.
Description:xi, 176 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Geographies of health
Ashgate's geographies of health series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7847417
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ISBN:9780754674238 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0754674231 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780754690481 (ebk.)
0754690482 (ebk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Conceptualising the complex landscapes of care
  • Who cares? : people, place and gender
  • Mapping the contours of care : international and transnational perspectives
  • Care and home
  • The impact of new care technologies on home and care
  • Care and community?
  • Care and transition : from community to residential care
  • Emotion and the socio-spatial mediation of care
  • Reconfiguring the landscape of care : porosity, integration and extitution
  • Concluding commentary.