Agenda for the 32nd General Assembly of
✦ LIBER ✦
Looking back to caregiving:Findings from case studies in Vienna, Austria
✍ Scribed by Josef Hörl
- Book ID
- 104628693
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 753 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0169-3816
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✦ Synopsis
This report is based on life history case studies with former caregivers in Vienna. Three mechanisms of social exchange are reported in retrospective accounts of the caregiving experience: gratitude from those cared for, material compensations, and mutuality in relationship. Caregivers were motivated by a sense of obligation based on reciprocity and at the same time expressed distinct feelings of a lack of alternatives. Caregiving as a way to enhance status is discussed.
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