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British Journal of Social Work 2006 36(7):1171-1185; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bch400
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved.

A Caring Profession? The Ethics of Care and Social Work with Older People

Liz Lloyd

Liz Lloyd is a Senior Lecturer at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Her specialist area of research is social gerontology, with a particular focus on health and social care policies and practices. Prior to taking up academic work, Liz worked in the voluntary sector and maintains an active interest in the management of voluntary organizations.

Correspondence to Liz Lloyd, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TZ. E-mail: liz.lloyd{at}bristol.ac.uk

The feminist ethics of care present a challenge to social workers to re-assess not only the place of care within professional social work practice but also the way in which concepts of justice, autonomy and rights are conceptualized and ageing is understood. In this article, the arguments for an ethics of care are considered in relation to social work practice with older people. It is argued that the feminist ethics of care offer useful insights that are relevant to the practice of social work, particularly within contemporary demographic, economic, political and organizational contexts, all of which have made the task more complex and confusing.

Keywords: ethics of care, age, justice, vulnerability


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