Скачать или смотреть Labours of Love: The crisis in care - Madeleine Bunting

The crisis of care exposed by Covid-19 has deep historical roots. For centuries the caring labours of women have been taken for granted and care work has been underpaid, and its values disregarded. But with more women now in work, with increasing numbers of elderly and with austerity dismantling the welfare state, care is under pressure as never before.

Over five years, author Madeleine Bunting travelled the country, speaking to charity workers, doctors, social workers, in-home carers, nurses and other caregivers to explore the value and humanity of care. In doing so, she found remarkable stories - in GP surgeries, in end-of-life teams and in work undertaken by parents for their disabled children - that conjure a different way of imagining our society and the connections between us.

Join Madeleine, author of Labours of Love: Crisis in Care, for a vital portrait of our nation and a clarion call for change.