Sadler, E, Hawkins, R, Clarke, DJ orcid.org/0000-0001-6279-1192 et al. (4 more authors) (2018) Disciplinary power and the process of training informal carers on stroke units. Sociology of Health and Illness, 40 (1). pp. 100-114. ISSN 0141-9889
Abstract
This article examines the process of training informal carers on stroke units using the lens of power. Care is usually assumed as a kinship obligation but the state has long had an interest in framing the carer and caring work. Training carers in healthcare settings raises questions about the power of the state and healthcare professionals as its agents to shape expectations and practices related to the caring role. Drawing on Foucault's notion of disciplinary power, we show how disciplinary forms of power exercised in interactions between healthcare professionals and carers shape the engagement and resistance of carers in the process of training. Interview and observational field note extracts are drawn from a multi‐sited study of a training programme on stroke units targeting family carers of people with stroke to consider the consequences of subjecting caring to this intervention. We found that the process of training informal carers on stroke units was not simply a matter of transferring skills from professional to lay person, but entailed disciplinary forms of power intended to shape the conduct of the carer. We interrogate the extent to which a specific kind of carer is produced through such an approach, and the wider implications for the participation of carers in training in healthcare settings and the empowerment of carers.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Sadler, E. , Hawkins, R. , Clarke, D. J., Godfrey, M. , Dickerson, J. and McKevitt, C. (2018), Disciplinary power and the process of training informal carers on stroke units. Sociol Health Illn, 40: 100-114. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.12625, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12625. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | informal carers; stroke; training; empowerment; United Kingdom; Foucault; disciplinary power |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (Leeds) > Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Nov 2017 12:10 |
Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2018 00:51 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1467-9566.12625 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123938 |