The ethics of care: A feminist virtue ethics of care for healthcare practitioners

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-152

  Tong, Rosemarie ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Care ethics; Ethics of care; Female virtue; Feminist virtue; Human virtue; Justice ethics; Male virtue; Narrative ethics; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; EMPATHY; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

EMPATHY; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; NARRATION; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; VIRTUES;

EID: 0032037957     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.23.2.131.8921     Document Type: Article

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