Friendship networks and care

Trimberger, E. Kay. “Friendship networks and care”. Berkeley Center for Working Families Working Paper No. 31, Berkeley, CA: Center for Working Families, University of California, Berkeley, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4128.
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Abstract

Based on her own research and a survey of both quantitative and qualitative social research, the author demonstrates the importance of care by a network of friends for the elderly, the seriously ill, single adults, singles mothers and in times of crisis. Although women predominate as friends who care, the response of gay men to the AIDS epidemic demonstrates that such care does not have to be gender specific. The author discusses the limits of such informal care, and argues for greater cultural recognition of care by friends as distinct from family, and for changes in social policy.

Title
Friendship networks and care
Author
Trimberger, E. Kay
Center
Work and Family Research Network
Genre
working paper
Date Issued
2002
Publisher
Center for Working Families, University of California, Berkeley
Extent
18 p.
Series Title
Berkeley Center for Working Families Working Paper
Series Number
No. 31
General Note
E. Kay Trimberger is an affiliate at the Center for Working Families and a sociologist and professor in the Women's and Gender Studies Department at Sonoma State University.
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4128
Use Restrictions
Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States" (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/)

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