Caring

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Provides a critical introduction to contemporary attempts to base nursing ethics on a feminine ethics of care, exploring philosophical and practical implications of the "justice versus care" debate. Argues that the care approach perpetuates the moral disenfranchisement of women and nurses, and advances the concept of just caring within a decision-making framework where nurses play a central role. In such a framework, terminally ill patients would be able to refuse treatment and receive direct help in dying. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.