Applying Risk Society Theory to findings of a scoping review on caregiver safety
Chronic Illness represents a growing concern in the western world and individuals living with chronic illness are primarily managed at home by family caregivers. A scoping review of the home‐care literature (2004–2009; updated with review articles from 2010 to January 2013) on the topic of the careg...
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Published in | Health & social care in the community Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 124 - 133 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.03.2014
Hindawi Limited |
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Summary: | Chronic Illness represents a growing concern in the western world and individuals living with chronic illness are primarily managed at home by family caregivers. A scoping review of the home‐care literature (2004–2009; updated with review articles from 2010 to January 2013) on the topic of the caregiver revealed that this group experiences the following safety‐related concerns: caregivers are conscripted to the role, experience economic hardship, risk being abused as well as abusing, and may well become patients themselves. Methodology and methods used in the scoping review are presented as well as a brief overview of the findings. The concepts of risk and safety are defined. Risk Society Theory is introduced and used as a lens to view the findings, and to contribute to an understanding of the construction of risk in contemporary health‐care. |
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Bibliography: | ArticleID:HSC12056 Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) istex:2D2928CA00FC93B28D7244AB7CD8A82AE9184127 ark:/67375/WNG-ZWFJ7B8R-C ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
ISSN: | 0966-0410 1365-2524 |
DOI: | 10.1111/hsc.12056 |