Becoming-care: reframing care work as flesh work not body work

Care work.

Managing the body work of home care.

Body work is a key element of home healthcare. Recent restructuring of health and social care services means the home is increasingly a key site of long-term care. While there is a growing literature on the social dynamics between care recipients and their family caregivers, less is known about the formal work dynamic between paid care workers and care recipients and family caregivers. Drawing ...

Does preconception care work?

BACKGROUND To date, there is a lack of evidence to suggest that a systematic and coordinated approach to prepregnancy care might make a difference. AIMS To evaluate whether women who receive preconception care through a structured approach will be more likely to be healthy around the time of conception compared with women who plan their pregnancy but have not been exposed to preconception car...

Implementation of "Chronic Care Model" for Diabetes Care in Iranian Primary Health Care: Does it work?

Objective: Traditional health care systems were not capable to face successfully with chronic diseases including diabetes mellitus. In this regard, the Chronic Care Model or CCM was created to promote quality of care. The aim of this study was to examine whether establishment of chronic care model, with focus on diabetic patients, has led to clinically significant outcomes in Iran. Materials a...

Shift Work in Intensive Care

dietary factors and the severity of EIB. There is accumulating evidence that dietary modification has the potential to reduce the severity and incidence of asthma and EIB.2 It has repeatedly been shown that a low-sodium diet reduces postexercise airway narrowing2,3 and moderates airway inflammation3 in asthmatic subjects with EIB. It has also been shown that a 3-week fish oil diet, rich in omeg...