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November 2007, Vol 97, No. 11 | American Journal of Public Health 1930-1931
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.117390

LETTER

AN ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR CAREGIVING

Lisa A. Eckenwiler, PhD

At the time this letter was written, Lisa A. Eckenwiler was with the Department of Philosophy, Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Lisa A. Eckenwiler, Department of Philosophy, Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, George Mason University, Robinson B 472C, 4400 University Drive, MS 2D7, Fairfax, VA 22030 (e-mail: leckenwi@gmu.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

Talley and Crews deserve praise for their Journal contribution on caregiving. Their model, which sees caregivers and those they care for as situated within "societal, political, and scientific [forces] that shape the context of care,"1(p27) can help advance understanding of the plight of dependents and their caregivers, enable researchers to formulate innovative new questions, and help policymakers to envision better strategies to respond to the needs of these vulnerable people.

I propose that we invoke an "ecological" model for thinking about caregiving in all its complexity.2 An ecological perspective illustrates the ways in which the world of caregiving, usually seen . . . [Full Text]






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