RT Article
T1 Achieving Care and Social Justice for People With Dementia
JF Nursing ethics
VO 15
IS 3
SP 384
OP 395
A1 Barnes, Marian
A1 Brannelly, Tula
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2008
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1779446160
AB This article draws on two studies that have used an ethic of care analysis to explore lay, nursing and social work care for people with dementia. It discusses the political as well as the practice application of ethic of care principles and highlights the necessity to understand both what people do and the meanings with which such practices are imbued in order to identify `good care' and the relationship between this and social justice. Examples of care for people with dementia are discussed by reference to core principles of an ethic of care: attentiveness, responsibility, competence, responsiveness and trust. These illustrate the potential for the development of a shared language within which different disciplines, lay carers and people with dementia can communicate about how needs could best be met in complex and difficult circumstances.
K1 Older people
K1 Human Rights
K1 ethic of care
K1 Carers
DO 10.1177/0969733007088363