This volume presents an extended reflection on human dependency and the need to 'care' and be 'cared for'. Philosophers, theologians, social theorists, economists, and professional caregivers to discuss the challenges of professional caregiving, analyzing how societies can promote relationships in which individuals can give and receive 'care'.

This book provides a very comprehensive, enlightening, and informative account of the issues involved in the professional and informal spheres of caregiving. While I think it would be an interesting read for scholars in a variety of field and disciplines, I think it would be especially valuable to those in the professional spheres of direct caregiving, such as nursing and rehabilitation practitioners. (Tanya M. Jansen, JICare Blog, jinterprofessionalc.blogspot.de, May, 2016)

Autorentext
Maria Sophia Aguirre, Catholic University of America, USA Carlos Centeno, University of Navarra, Spain Ambrogia Cereda, Università del Sacro Cuore, Milan Ana Marta González, University of Navarra, Spain Craig Iffland, University of Notre Dame, USA Kim Redgrave, London Metropolitan University, UK Eva Kittay, Stony Brook University, USA David Smith, Yale University, USA Michael Slote, University of Miami, USA Melissa Moschella, Princeton University, USA Alejandro Garcia, University of Navarra, Spain Richard Hugman, University of New South Wales, Australia Mercedes Pérez, University of Navarra, Spain Maria Pia Chirinos, University of Piura, Peru

Inhalt
Acknowledgements A Note on the Social Trends Institute Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Challenges of 'Care'; Ana Marta González and Craig Iffland Theoretical Perspectives 1. The Completion of Care - With Implications for a Duty to Receive Care Graciously; Eva Feder Kittay 2. Carefree in Barcelona; David H. Smith 3. 'Moved by the Suffering of Others': Using Aristotelian Theory to Think about Care; Kim Redgrave 4. Social Contract Theory and Moral Agency: Understanding the Roots of an Uncaring Society; Melissa Moschella 5. Emotional Work and Care as Relationship: some Particularities and Consequences; Alejandro García Practical Perspectives 6. Socio-Economic Impact of the Work of the Home; M. Sophia Aguirre 7. Working in the ICU: A Study on the Normalization of Tension in Health Care Provision; Ambrogia Cereda 8. Professionalizing Care - a Necessary Irony? Some Implications of the 'Ethics of Care' for the Caring Professions and Informal Caring; Richard Hugman 9. Domestic Work: Judgments and Biases Regarding Mundane Tasks; María Pía Chirinos 10. The Moral Sense of Nursing Care; Mercedes Pérez 11. A Professional Perspective on End of Life Care; Carlos Centeno