Caring: from philosophical concerns to practice.

Abstract

I read Hilde L. Nelson's article with great interest. To be "against caring" is tantamount to being against apple pie and motherhood. Caring as philosophy, theory, behavior, and ontology is pervasive in the literature of almost all socially interactive professions. Nelson's article raises common concerns about caring.... My difficulties with Nelson's argument against caring center around three issues: misunderstanding of caring in nursing practice, discomfort with ambiguity, and heroism as a replacement for the ethics of care....