Caregiving

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Suzanne Gordon, Patricia Benner, and Nel Noddings Klappentext The need for caregiving is enormous. Thanks to extraordinary advances in medical technology! Americans are surviving illnesses and injuries that would have killed them a generation ago! and more of us are living into our eighties and nineties than ever be Zusammenfassung Looks not only at the financial! emotional! and physical demands of giving and receiving care but also at the strengths and rewards inherent in the world of caregiving. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. In the Gloaming Alice Elliott Dark 2. The Cared-For Nel Noddings 3. Caring Practice Patricia Benner, Suzanne Gordon 4. Caring: A Negotiated Process That Varies Barbara Tarlow 5. Facing Up to Moral Perils: The Virtues of Care in Bioethics Alisa L. Carse 6. The Heather Blazing Colm Toibin 7. Mothering as a Practice Victoria Wynn Leonard 8. Nursing Loved Ones with AIDS: Knowledge Development for Ethical Practice Richard MacIntyre 9. Hearing the Whole Story Jeannie Chaisson 10. The Caring Professional Nel Noddings 11. Ella Suzanne Gordon 12. Two Stories of Caring in Teaching James G. Henderson 13. The Phenomenology of Knowing the Patient Christine A. Tanner, Patricia Benner, Catherine Chesla, Deborah Gordon 14. Money Managers Are Unraveling the Tapestry of Nursing Ellen D. Baer, Suzanne Gordon 15. The Rationality of Caring Kari Waerness 16. Feminism and Caring Suzanne Gordon 17. The Mormon Caregiving Network Judith Dushku 18. Let Me Take a Listen to Your Heart Rita Charon List of Contributors Index

Autorentext

Edited by Suzanne Gordon, Patricia Benner, and Nel Noddings

Klappentext

The need for caregiving is enormous. Thanks to extraordinary advances in medical technology, Americans are surviving illnesses and injuries that would have killed them a generation ago, and more of us are living into our eighties and nineties than ever be

Zusammenfassung
Looks not only at the financial, emotional, and physical demands of giving and receiving care but also at the strengths and rewards inherent in the world of caregiving.

Inhalt

Introduction

1. In the Gloaming
   —Alice Elliott Dark
2. The Cared-For
   —Nel Noddings
3. Caring Practice
   —Patricia Benner, Suzanne Gordon
4. Caring: A Negotiated Process That Varies
   —Barbara Tarlow
5. Facing Up to Moral Perils: The Virtues of Care in Bioethics
   —Alisa L. Carse
6. The Heather Blazing
   —Colm Toibin
7. Mothering as a Practice
   —Victoria Wynn Leonard
8. Nursing Loved Ones with AIDS: Knowledge Development for Ethical Practice
   —Richard MacIntyre
9. Hearing the Whole Story
   —Jeannie Chaisson
10. The Caring Professional
    —Nel Noddings
11. Ella
    —Suzanne Gordon
12. Two Stories of Caring in Teaching
    —James G. Henderson
13. The Phenomenology of Knowing the Patient
    —Christine A. Tanner, Patricia Benner, Catherine Chesla, Deborah Gordon
14. Money Managers Are Unraveling the Tapestry of Nursing
    —Ellen D. Baer, Suzanne Gordon
15. The Rationality of Caring
    —Kari Waerness
16. Feminism and Caring
    —Suzanne Gordon
17. The Mormon Caregiving Network
    —Judith Dushku
18. Let Me Take a Listen to Your Heart
    —Rita Charon
    List of Contributors
    Index