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Calling a family member a ‘carer’ strips the relationship of its special normative meaning.
Drawn from what Frank Furedi said
What Frank Furedi actually said
- Frank Furedi Hungarian-born British sociologist
The reason why I hate the term carer is because it implicitly transforms the unique relationship between family members into a generic term that divests caring from its special normative content.
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↗Why Do I Hate The Designation Of The Term ‘Carer’ For Family Caregivers?frankfuredi.substack.com
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