Responsibilization of care

Tensions over health, insurance and the family in Brazil

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2182013
AutoresErik Bähre (0000-0001-5695-1719, Leiden University, autor de correspondencia), Fabíola Gomes (0000-0002-8332-4953, Universidade de Brasília)
Año2025
Volumen18
Número3
Páginas352-366
Fecha de publicación2025-05-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Cultural Economy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1753-0350 • E-ISSN: 1753-0369
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17530350.2024.2436871
OpenAlexW4407236775
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas46

When people identify a lack of care or formulate requirements for care they also identify responsibilities. Which individuals or what institutions are seen to be responsible for care, including the failure to meet care needs? This question is particularly urgent in Brazil where it is becoming more popular. Brazilian legislation states that homecare patients must receive care from family and professional caregivers whose efforts must be paid for either by a private insurer or by the state. This means that the patient’s home becomes a contested meeting ground for the responsibilities of healthcare companies, insurance companies, the state’s public healthcare services, and the patient’s family. How can that meeting ground be analyzed? We shall argue here that a situational analysis offers a conceptual space to understand the diverse moral contestations that homecare brings about. Moreover, we show how the onus of attempting to resolve various contradictions that emerge when finance and care meet at home tends to fall on the patient’s daughters in particular

Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Health insurance · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Public Health in Brazil · Social and Political Issues