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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 before. Yet most people over sixty-five... read more

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Her son wanted to talk again, suddenly.

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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

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Index

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This book is in Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving. (publisher series)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Country: The United States of America
Publication Date: September 1, 1996
ISBN: 0812215826
Page Count: 332

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