
Conscripted to Care
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Drawing on interviews and focus groups with nearly two hundred women from a range of backgrounds and occupations, Smith reveals how structural inequality put women on the frontlines of the pandemic response, yet with inadequate resources and little voice in decision-making. Women shouldered not only the triple burden of paid work, unpaid care, and mental load, but also increased emotional labour. While some women were categorized as "essential," others remained in the shadows. All faced unsustainable workloads, moral distress, and burnout while continuing to demand better services for those in their care.
An analysis of Canada's COVID-19 response from the perspective of those who staffed it, Conscripted to Care presents crucial lessons for those interested in public health and how it relates to gender and economic equality, as well as public policy.
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"With a thoughtful and intersectional application of feminist political economic theory, Conscripted to Care identifies multiple structures that shifted the responsibility for care onto the women who worked during the COVID-19 response, and informs more equitable pandemic response, recovery, and preparedness. This timely and meaningful analysis of the crisis leaves no excuse for ignoring the unequal effects of the pandemic." Julia Brassolotto, University of LethbridgeMore details
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- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Conscripted to Care
- Contents
- Table and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- CONSCRIPTED TO CARE
- 1 Introduction
- THE CANADIAN COVID-19 CONTEXT
- A GENDER ANALYSIS OF WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES
- ON BEING "CONSCRIPTED"
- TO CARE
- APPROACH AND METHODS
- A PERSONAL REFLECTION
- THE STRUCTURE AND THEMES OF THE BOOK
- Being Essential
- Mental Health, Moral Distress, and Burnout
- Power
- CONCLUSION
- 2 The Underdogs
- THE QUADRUPLE BURDEN
- BEING ESSENTIAL
- MENTAL HEALTH, MORAL DISTRESS, AND BURNOUT
- POWER
- CONCLUSION
- 3 Masters of Disguise
- INTRODUCTION
- THE QUADRUPLE BURDEN
- BEING ESSENTIAL
- MENTAL WELLNESS, MORAL DISTRESS, AND BURNOUT
- POWER
- CONCLUSION
- 4 Swimming in Quicksand
- THE QUADRUPLE BURDEN
- BEING ESSENTIAL
- MENTAL WELLNESS, MORAL DISTRESS, AND BURNOUT
- POWER
- CONCLUSION
- 5 Picking Up the Pieces
- THE QUADRUPLE BURDEN
- BEING ESSENTIAL
- MENTAL HEALTH, MORAL DISTRESS, AND BURNOUT
- POWER
- CONCLUSION
- 6 Nobody Wants to Be a Hero
- THE QUADRUPLE BURDEN
- BEING ESSENTIAL
- MENTAL WELLNESS, MORAL DISTRESS, AND BURNOUT
- POWER
- CONCLUSION
- 7 Nobody Is Clapping for Us
- INTRODUCTION
- THE QUADRUPLE BURDEN
- BEING ESSENTIAL
- MENTAL HEALTH, MORAL DISTRESS, AND BURNOUT
- POWER
- CONCLUSION
- 8 Caring Too Much
- THE QUADRUPLE BURDEN
- BEING ESSENTIAL
- MENTAL HEALTH, MORAL DISTRESS, AND BURNOUT
- POWER
- CONCLUSION
- 9 We've Been through a Heck of a Thing
- THE QUADRUPLE BURDEN
- BEING ESSENTIAL
- MENTAL HEALTH, MORAL DISTRESS, AND BURNOUT
- LOOKING FORWARD
- References
- Index
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