1st Edition
Tie a Knot and Hang on Providing Mental Health Care in a Turbulent Environment
By Teresa Scheid
Copyright 2004
198 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
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Tie a Knot and Hang On is an analysis of mental health care work that crosses the borders of diverse sociological traditions. The work seeks to understand the theoretical and empirical linkages between environmental pressures and activities and how these intersect with organizations and individuals. The work draws upon a research tradition that sees the issue of mental health care in terms of... Read more
1 A Sociological Analysis of Mental Health Care Work 2 Reluctant Managers: The Treatment of Mental Illness 3 Ideologies of Care: Parent, Caretaker, Advocate, Best Friend 4 Rationed Mental Health Care: Changing Provider Roles 5 The Padded Cell: Bureaucracy and Control over Provider's Work 6 Exhausted Providers: Emotional Labor and Burnout 7 The Commodification of Care 8 Shifting Institutional Contexts in Mental Health 9 Market-Based Care? Prospects for the Future
Biography
Teresa Scheid Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
