Understanding the carers' experience: examples from a Ghanaian context
- Authors:
- QUINN Neil, EVANS Tony
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 53(1), January 2010, pp.62-72.
- Publisher:
- Sage
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.
- Subject terms:
- mental health problems, mental health services, religions, social networks, stereotyped attitudes, carers, cultural identity, families;
- Content type:
- research
- Location(s):
- Ghana
- Link:
- Journal home page
- ISSN print:
- 0020-8728