Abandoning Care? A Critical Perspective on Personalisation from an Ethic of Care

Bibliographic Data

ID12902157
AuthorsMarian Barnes (Barnes Hospital, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume5
Issue2
Pages153-167
Publication date2011-05-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17496535.2010.484265
OpenAlexW2045385541
LanguageEN
Citations received67
References cited18

The adoption of personalisation as the principle on which policy and practices for social care in England should be developed has been hailed as marking a fundamental transformation in the nature of social care and the experiences of service users. This article examines both the discourse of personalisation and the practices that are being adopted to implement this from an ethic of care perspective. It adopts an approach based on Sevenhuijsen's ‘Trace’ analysis to trace the normative frameworks in key policy documents (in particular Putting People First), noting that critics of care have largely succeeded in relegating care to a marginal position within policy discourse and that a relational sensibility is largely absent within this. The article considers the practices associated with personalisation in relation to the moral principles of an ethic of care and conceptions of the ‘individual’ within these. It addresses the implications of this approach for broader political and policy issues: the universality of provision, collective responsibility for welfare and well-being, and broader issues of social justice in conditions of vulnerability

Business · Environmental ethics · Ethics of care · Law and economics · Normative · Personalization · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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