title: Nursing and the caring metaphor: gender and political influences on an ethics of care.
abstract: Gender and politics influence ethics of caring; any such ethical system must therefore be explored in this context. An ethics of caring is a necessary foundation for an ethics of nursing, but its actualization faces conceptual barriers.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Hampton University, Virginia.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Condon
mesh_terms: D028663:Ethical Theory; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D035863:Moral Development; D009732:Nursing Care; D011057:Politics; D014933:Women's Rights; D014931:Women, Working