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The article explores the private practice nursing profession from the angle of gender. The methodology is based on cross-referencing data taken from statistical and field surveys. The results show that men and women practise differently. Training paths, careers and professional activities are shaped by the caregivers' gender., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Freelance nurses are in contact with an array of professionals working to help elderly people to continue living at home. In particular they form close ties with social service assistants and home care support workers. Between diverging perspectives and actual collaboration, these relationships seem atthe very least extremely contrasting.