Care in Healthcare

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Understanding Care: Introductory Remarks

   • Franziska Krause, Joachim Boldt

   Pages 1-9Open Access

3. Conclusion: Asking the Right Questions

   • Joachim Boldt, Annelieke Driessen, Björn Freter, Tobias Haeusermann, Franziska Krause, Pei-Yi Liu et al.

   Pages 283-291Open Access

4. Framing Care

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Forgotten Approaches to Care: The Human Being as Neighbour in the German-Jewish Tradition of the Nineteenth Century

      • Elisabeth Conradi

      Pages 13-35Open Access

   3. Nursing as Accommodated Care: A Contribution to the Phenomenology of Care. Appeal, Concern, Volition, Practice

      • Björn Freter

      Pages 37-49Open Access

   4. Fundamentals of an Ethics of Care

      • Giovanni Maio

      Pages 51-63Open Access

   5. The Interdependence of Care and Autonomy

      • Joachim Boldt

      Pages 65-86Open Access

   6. Caring Relationships: Commercial Surrogacy and the Ethical Relevance of the Other

      • Franziska Krause

      Pages 87-107Open Access

5. Situated Care

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109

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   2. Sociomaterial Will-Work: Aligning Daily Wanting in Dutch Dementia Care

      • Annelieke Driessen

      Pages 111-133Open Access

   3. The Dementia Village: Between Community and Society

      • Tobias Haeusermann

      Pages 135-167Open Access

   4. Regulation as an Obstacle to Care? A Care-Ethical Evaluation of the Regulation on the Use of Seclusion Cells in Psychiatric Care in Flanders (Belgium)

      • Tim Opgenhaffen

      Pages 169-190Open Access

   5. Witnessing as an Embodied Practice in German Midwifery Care

      • Annekatrin Skeide

      Pages 191-209Open Access

   6. Tensions in Diabetes Care Practice: Ethical Challenges with a Focus on Nurses in a Home-Based Care Team

      • Pei-Yi Liu, Helen Kohlen

      Pages 211-235Open Access

   7. Caring About Care in the Hospital Arena and Nurses’ Voices in Hospital Ethics Committees: Three Decades of Experiences

      • Helen Kohlen

      Pages 237-263Open Access

   8. Towards a Three-Dimensional Perspective of Space for Humanizing Hospital Care

      • Hanneke van der Meide

      Pages 265-281Open Access

6. Back Matter

   Pages 293-298

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

This book examines the concept of care and care practices in healthcare from the interdisciplinary perspectives of continental philosophy, care ethics, the social sciences, and anthropology. Areas addressed include dementia care, midwifery, diabetes care, psychiatry, and reproductive medicine. Special attention is paid to ambivalences and tensions within both the concept of care and care practices. Contributions in the first section of the book explore phenomenological and hermeneutic approaches to care and reveal historical precursors to care ethics. Empirical case studies and reflections on care in institutionalised and standardised settings form the second section of the book. The concluding chapter, jointly written by many of the contributors, points at recurring challenges of understanding and practicing care that open up the field for further research and discussion. This collection will be of great value to scholars and practitioners of medicine, ethics, philosophy, social science and history.

• Medical Ethics
• Healthcare
• Healthcare Professionals
• Nursing
• Midwifery
• Practices of Care
• Open Access

“This book is written for practicing healthcare providers as well as academic audiences. By bringing attention to often unspoken and unexamined norms, the authors offer sage insights for students or anyone else interested in caregiving. … This is an intriguing addition to the field of care studies. The historical and cultural discussions specific to each author's background provide novel perspectives that are not frequently found in the current care literature.” (Brandy M. Fox, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2018)

• University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

  Franziska Krause, Joachim Boldt

Franziska Krause is Senior Researcher at the Department of Medical Ethics and the History of Medicine at Freiburg University, Germany. One of her main research areas is the ethics of care.

Joachim Boldt is Associate Professor and Deputy Head at the Department of Medical Ethics and the History of Medicine and Coordinator of the Clinical Ethics Committee at Freiburg University, Germany.