title: [Rediscovering the ethics of care: focus and emphasis in the relationships].
abstract: The author presents a discussion of the meanings, the historical aspects and the different explanatory frameworks for the ethics of care. The main purpose is to contribute to the debate concerning the core role of care in nursing and nursing ethics. It also addresses the opposition between feminine and feminist ethics as an explanation for the secondary role of the ethics of care.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva de Escola de Enfermagem da USP. elma@usp.br
authors.forename: Elma Lourdes Campos Pavone
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Zoboli
mesh_terms: D009732:Nursing Care / Q000941:ethics*