Toward a New Typology of Professional and Voluntary Care

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    Abstract

    This article proposes a new typology between professional and voluntary care, thus seeking to understand why attempts to establish clear boundaries between them often end in ambiguity and frustration. We argue that because both forms of care represent their own unique and paradoxical ways of combining formal and relational care principles, any attempt to fix the boundaries between them and create the sense of a predictable world usually proves challenging. As such, we show that the two different care practices, in fact, have severe difficulties drawing their boundaries on their own terms. Finally, we consider how these insights might enhance efforts to manage collaborations between professional and voluntary care delivery.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftVOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
    Vol/bind34
    Udgave nummer3
    Sider (fra-til)463-472
    Antal sider10
    ISSN0957-8765
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - jun. 2023

    Bibliografisk note

    Published online: 29 November 2022.

    Emneord

    • Voluntary care
    • Professional care
    • Formal care
    • Relational care
    • Boundaries
    • Paradoxes

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