Understanding the carers' experience : examples from a Ghanaian context
Quinn, Neil and Evans, A (2010) Understanding the carers' experience : examples from a Ghanaian context. International Social Work, 53 (1). pp. 61-72. ISSN 0020-8728 (https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872809348953)
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Informal carers play a key role in mental health care.This article draws on the work of Goffman to analyse the experiences of carers in Ghana. The findings illustrate the complex nature of caring and the need to develop social work practice that acknowledges the social context of carers’ reality.
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Quinn, Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3361-7552 and Evans, A;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 34807 Dates: DateEventJanuary 2010PublishedKeywords: Ghana, social care , social work, mental health services, mental health , Social pathology. Social and public welfare, Social Sciences (miscellaneous), Sociology and Political Science, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being Subjects: Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 24 Oct 2011 10:18 Last modified: 06 Jan 2024 16:02 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/34807
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