Faculty of Health and Community Studies, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Can J Aging. 2007;26 Suppl 1:91-102. doi: 10.3138/cja.26.suppl_1.091.
Although family scholars conceptualize caregiving in terms of networks of carers, little attention has been given to equity within these groups. Siblings comprise a prevalent caregiving network of members who feel responsible for parent care, expect to share these responsibilities with each other, and look to each other to evaluate the fairness of their sharing. In this paper, a multidisciplinary approach is used to examine sibling views of equity in relation to disputes over giving parent care and receiving parent assets. A literary perspective is offered through analysis of stepsibling tensions depicted in the novel Family Matters. Real life disputes among biological siblings that have been pursued through the courts are also examined. Issues arising from these examples are then analysed through the lens of legal doctrines of equity. Siblings evaluating fairness undertake careful comparisons of their respective relationships with parents in terms of biological links to parents and type and extent of influence in interactions with parents.
尽管家庭学者从照顾者网络的角度来理解照顾行为，但很少关注这些群体中的公平问题。兄弟姐妹是一个普遍的照顾者网络，成员们感到有责任照顾父母，期望彼此分担这些责任，并相互评估他们的分担是否公平。在本文中，采用多学科方法研究兄弟姐妹在父母照顾和父母资产方面的分配公平观念。通过分析小说《家庭事务》中描写的异父母兄弟姐妹之间的紧张关系，提供了文学视角。还研究了通过法院解决的亲生兄弟姐妹之间的实际争议。然后，通过衡平法的法律原则分析了这些例子所产生的问题。评估公平的兄弟姐妹会根据与父母的生物学关系以及与父母互动的类型和程度，仔细比较他们与父母的关系。
