The Crisis of Care

by Phillips, Susan S.; Benner, Patricia

• ISBN13: 9780878405992
• ISBN10: 0878405992
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-01
• Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr

Summary

Selected as Outstanding Academic Book by Choice magazine.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Narrative: When Life Threatens	p. 17
Understanding Caring in Contemporary America	p. 21
Narrative: Listening to the Heart	p. 36
Caring as a Way of Knowing and Not Knowing	p. 42
Narrative: Meeting at the Table	p. 63
Teach Us to Care and Not to Care	p. 66
Narrative: No Safe Conduct	p. 80
The Caring Physician: Balancing the Three Es: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Empathy	p. 83
Narrative: to Care is to Listen	p. 95
Preparing Students for the World	p. 97
Narrative: Photograph	p. 105
The Corrosion of Care in the Context of School	p. 109
Narrative: Death by Choice	p. 119
Beyond the Ethics of Rightness: the Role of Compassion in Moral Responsibility	p. 123
Narrative: Beyond the Clinical Gaze	p. 144
Caring as Gift and Goal: Biblical and Theological Reflections	p. 149
Narrative: Listening with Care	p. 168
Philosophical Reflections on Caring Practices	p. 174
Contributors	p. 189
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