Centre on Aging, University of Victoria, Sedgewick Rm A123, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, British Columbia, Canada, V8W 2Y2.
Can Rev Sociol. 2009 Aug;46(3):235-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2009.01213.x.
In this paper, we discuss the concept of"choice" in filial care work. A dichotomy between choice and obligation is constructed in theoretical and empirical literature on filial care work. However, this dichotomy does not adequately reflect family caregiving experiences; for instance, choice and obligation are not mutually exclusive motivations. Rather, choice and obligation are "relational" and "contextual" and manifest in the interaction between macro- and micro-contexts. The choice-obligation dichotomy is also ideological. At the moral-political level, it promotes the downloading of responsibility by governments to family, obscures the complexity of filial relationships, and may even promote psychological ambivalence.
在本文中，我们讨论了在赡养工作中的“选择”概念。在关于赡养工作的理论和实证文献中，构建了选择和义务之间的二分法。然而，这种二分法不能充分反映家庭护理的经验；例如，选择和义务并不是相互排斥的动机。相反，选择和义务是“相关的”和“有上下文的”，并表现在宏观和微观环境的相互作用中。选择-义务二分法也是思想上的。在道德政治层面上，它促进了政府将责任下放到家庭，掩盖了亲子关系的复杂性，甚至可能导致心理矛盾。
