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020			_a9781783783793
100			_aBunting, Madeleine _97205
245		0	_aLabours of Love: The Crisis of Care _cMadeleine Bunting
260			_bGranta Books; _c2020
300			_a336p; _c23x15cm
520			_aCare-work is underpaid; its values disregarded. Britain's society lauds economic growth, productivity and profit over compassion, kindness and empathy. For centuries the caring labours of women have been taken for granted, but with more women now in work, with increasing numbers of elderly and with austerity dismantling the welfare state, care is under pressure as never before. Over five years, Madeleine Bunting travelled the country, speaking to charity workers, doctors, social workers, in-home carers, nurses, palliative care teams and parents, to explore the value of care, the hidden glue that binds us together. She finds remarkable stories, in GP surgeries, in work undertaken by parents for their disabled children and in end-of-life teams, that conjure a different way of imagining our society and the connections between us. Blending these revelatory testimonies with a history and language of care, and with Bunting's own experiences of caring for the young and old in her family, Labours of Love is a hugely important portrait of our nation today - and of how it might be - which raises a clarion call for change.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aCare work _97206
650			_aCare-givers _97207
650			_aRT1-120 Nursing _97208
651			_aUK
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999			_c4971 _d4971