Publications
Publication details [#51408]
Heinemann, Trine. 2009. Managing unavoidable conflicts in caretaking of the elderly: humor as a mitigating resource. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2009 (200) : 103–127. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
This paper shows that humor can be employed as a resource for managing and mitigating unavoidable conflict situations in caretaking of the elderly, focusing on the specific caregiving task of diaper change.