Empathetic Attuning: 'How Would I Feel If I Had to Expose Myself All the Time?'—Strategies for Managing Personal and Intimate Care in Swedish Formal Home Care.
Sweden, as a welfare state, has a long tradition of providing formal home care and support to their citizens in their own homes, either through home care services or personal assistance. A large percentage of frail elderly and persons with disability who receive formal home care require personal and...
| Published in: | British Journal of Social Work Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 921 - 939 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Mar2023
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