Agonizing care: Care ethics, agonistic feminism and a political theory of care

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-214

  Cloyes, Kristin G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic feminism; Care; Care ethics; Feminism; Nursing theory; Political theory

Indexed keywords

EMPATHY; FEMINISM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING THEORY; POLITICS; REVIEW;

EMPATHY; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMINISM; HUMANS; NURSING THEORY; POLITICS;

EID: 0036715675     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.2002.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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