To care or not to care a narrative on experiencing caring responsibilities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12901816
AutoresKarin van der Heijden (Saxion, autor de correspondencia), Merel Visse (0000-0003-1500-666X, University of Humanistic Studies), Gerty Lensvelt‐mulder (0000-0003-3269-1021, University of Humanistic Studies), Guy Widdershoven (0000-0001-7620-6812, Amsterdam Public Health)
Año2016
Volumen10
Número1
Páginas53-68
Fecha de publicación2016-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17496535.2015.1124901
OpenAlexW2235586899
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas16

This paper explores caring responsibilities in everyday life by a thorough investigation of the lived experience of one woman, called Eva. We reflect on Eva's relational experiences in taking care of her own life and in relating to situations and events which more or less are the result of the relational web in which she is situated. Her narrative shows that for her, caring requires a relationship in which moral intimacy can be experienced. Therefore, caring responsibilities rather inflict ambiguous personal struggling about reciprocity, vulnerability and openness in her relationships than about tension between care for herself and care for the other. Developments in our social and healthcare systems which result in transfer of caring responsibilities towards citizens, require the rethinking of concepts of responsibility, care and relationality. Empirical data concerning everyday life may contribute to a better understanding of the complex and dynamic process of personal and particular interpretations of caring responsibilities

Ethics of care · Everyday life · Health care · Moral responsibility · Narrative · Openness to experience · Political science · Public relations · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Situated · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Social Psychology