Care Professions and Globalization

Theoretical and Practical Perspectives
Herausgeber: González, A.; Iffland, C.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK / Palgrave Macmillan US
• 2014 edition
• Seitenzahl: 271
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9781349479566
• ISBN-10: 134947956X
• Artikelnr.: 45076983

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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