Women Caring for People

The Mismatch Between Rhetoric and Women’s Reality

Bibliographic Data

ID6327405
AuthorsHilary K Brown (0000-0002-8690-5841, University of Kent), Hilary Brown (0000-0001-7083-5837, Senior Lecturer in Mental Handicap, Centre for the Applied Psychology of Social Care, University of Kent), Helen Smith (0000-0003-2212-2781, Consultant for the Centre for Mental Health Services Development, Kings College, London)
Year1993
Volume21
Issue3
Pages185-193
Publication date1993-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
PublisherBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557393782331056
OpenAlexW4248284267
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This paper explores the implications, for women, of the new structures and systems which are being introduced in the ‘Working for patients’ and ‘Caring for people’ legislation. An exploration which focuses on women is urgent, given their predominance as both paid and unpaid workers in, and users of, community care services. The fundamental changes which are being introduced, ostensibly to empower the disadvantaged and give them more choice and influence, will fail if they do not directly address and draw links between the experiences of women on the giving and receiving end of service delivery

Business · Disadvantaged · Legislation · Political science · Public relations · Rhetoric · Service (business · Sociology · Gender Studies · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Marketing

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