This volume, edited by bioethicists Hilde Lindemann, Marian Verkerk, and Janice McLaughlin, develops an ethic of the family as it pertains to health care, an ethic that is distinct from health care ethics, feminist ethics, or an ethic of care. It theorizes relationships characterized by ongoing intimacy and partiality among people who are not interchangeable, and remains centered on the practices of responsibility arising from these relationships. This volume comprises contributions from bioethicists and scholars with backgrounds in sociology, philosophy, nursing, and health care ethics.
