title: [Contribution to an ethics of care--masculinities and gender in the nursing profession].
abstract: Today, the nursing profession is almost exclusively associated to women while men seem to desert this field in which they were, before the nineteenth century, very present. This paper offers a critical look and reflects on the presence of men in nursing. The critical perspective of "genderization" as well as the "ethics of care" constitutes the cornerstone of the reflection developed in this paper. Prejudices against men in the field of nursing are also highlighted, which attest that the future of men in this profession is still not assured. From that point of view, the "degenderization" of nursing and the valorization of men in the history of nursing as well as in the current practice of nursing are presented as potential ways forward.
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences infirmières, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada. bernard.roy@fsi.ulaval.ca
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chouinard
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006676:History of Nursing; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity; D008571:Men; D009729:Nursing; D012737:Sex Factors