'It's Hard Work': A Feminist Political Economy Approach to Reconceptualizing 'Work' in the Cancer Context
| Autor: | Cheryl Pritlove, Parissa Safai, Janet A. Parsons, Jan E. Angus, Pat Armstrong, Jennifer M. Jones |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Adult
Employment Canada Work Patients Photo elicitation Identity (social science) Context (language use) Feminism Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Neoplasms Health care Mainstream Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology Everyday life Anthropology Cultural Aged 030504 nursing business.industry Politics Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Sick Role Gender Identity Middle Aged Work (electrical) Political economy Women's Health Female 0305 other medical science business Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Qualitative health research. 29(5) |
| ISSN: | 1049-7323 |
| Popis: | Within mainstream cancer literature, policy documents, and clinical practice, “work” is typically characterized as being synonymous with paid employment, and the problem of work is situated within the “return to work” discourse. The work that patients perform in managing their health, care, and everyday life at times of illness, however, is largely overlooked and unsupported. Drawing on feminist political economy theory, we report on a qualitative study of 12 women living with cancer. Major findings show that the work of patienthood cut across multiple fields of practice and included both paid and unpaid labor. The most prevalent types of work included illness work, body work, identity work, everyday work, paid employment and/or the work of maintaining income, and coordination work. The findings of this study disrupt popular conceptualizations of work and illuminate the nuanced and often invisible work that cancer patients may encounter, and the health consequences and inequities therein. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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