Etnografía del cuidador varón en una Unidad de lesionados medulares: análisis de los roles y redes sociales con una perspectiva de género

Abstract

Historically, the familiar care of the elderly in situation of dependence, has been marked by the factor gender of the carer, this way, many studies show, the task of taking care relapses, in 85 % of the cases on the women. In spite of this, the number of carer males is important and cannot forget. The principal purpose of this study is to analyze from the Urban Anthropology the networks of kinship of two hospitalized patients and the influence of these networks in the social roles of carer males members of this network. Has been carried out through the ethnographic method. The main techniques that have been used were participant observation and interviews. We can conclude that in both cases there is a relationship between social roles related to employment and the role of carer, this way almost in all members of both networks shows the incompatibility of a work with the role of carer. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]