2-0905 MORAL ECONOMIES OF CARE: LEGACIES OF DIFFERENCE, INEQUALITY AND TRANSFORMATION IN 21^st CENTURY CAREGIVING

Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 20:00-21:45

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

Organizers: Kristin E Yarris (UCLA) and Elana D Buch (UCLA)

Chairs: Kristin E Yarris (UCLA)

Discussants: Jessaca B Leinaweaver (Brown University)

20:00

“El Cuido” (The Care): The Moral Economies of Grandmother Caregiving In Nicaraguan Transnational Families

Kristin E Yarris (UCLA)

20:15

Where Nurses Yell and Patients Lie: Care-Seeking and Care-Giving In Primary Maternity and Infant Care In a South African Township

Sarah E Rubin (Case Western Reserve U)

20:30

Saving Babies Through Screening: State-Mandated Newborn Screening and the Ethics of Care

Mara H Buchbinder (UNC Chapel Hill)

20:45

Transplanting Care: The Transfer and Transformation of Nurturance Between Homes and Hospitals In Organ Transplant Caregiving

Laura L Heinemann PhD (Creighton University)

21:00

Cultivating Care, Capitalizing On Kinship: Legacies of Inequality In the Lives of Chicago’s Paid Home Care Workers

Elana D Buch (UCLA)

21:15

Discussant

Jessaca B Leinaweaver (Brown University)

21:30

Discussion

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