title: Love's labor in the health care system: working toward gender equity.
abstract: In this commentary on Eva Feder Kittay's Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality, and Dependency, I focus on Kittay's dependency theory. I apply this theory to an analysis of women's inadequate access to high-quality, cost-effective healthcare. I conclude that while quandaries remain unresolved, including getting men to do their share of dependency work, Kittay's book is an important and original contribution to feminist healthcare ethics and the development of a normative feminist ethic of care.
authors.forename: Rosemarie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid; D006278:Medicare; D011287:Prejudice; D012935:Social Justice; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health; D014932:Women's Health Services