Care in Healthcare : Reflections on Theory and Practice 1. ‘Understanding Care. Introductory Remarks’ by Franziska Krause and Joachim Boldt Part 1:Framing Care 2. ‘Forgotten Approaches to Care. The Human Being as Neighbour in the German Jewish Tradition of the Nineteenth Century’ by Elisabeth Conradi. 3. ‘Nursing as Accommodated Care. A Contribution to the Phenomenology of Care. Appeal Concern Volition Practice’ by Björn Freter. 4. ‘Fundamentals of an Ethics of Care’ by Giovanni Maio. 5. ‘The Interdependence of Care and Autonomy. A Hermeneutic Approach’ by Joachim Boldt. 6. ‘Caring Relationships. Commercial Surrogacy and the Ethical Relevance of the Other’ by Franziska Krause Part 2: Situated Care. 7. ‘Sociomaterial Will work. Aligning Daily Wanting in Dutch Dementia Care’ by Annelieke Driessen. 8. ‘The Dementia Village Between Community and Society’ by Tobias Haeusermann. 9. ‘Regulation as an Obstacle to Care A Care Ethical Evaluation of the Regulation on the Use of Seclusion Cells in Psychiatric Care in Flanders (Belgium)’ by Tim Opgenhaffen. 10. ‘Witnessing as an Embodied Practice in German Midwifery Care’ by Annekatrin Skeide. 11. Tensions in Diabetes Care Practice. Ethical Challenges With a Focus on Nurses in a Home Based Care Team’ by Pei Yi Liu and Helen Kohlen. 12. ‘Caring about Care in the Hospital Arena and Nurses’ Voices in Hospital Ethics Committees. Three Decades of Experiences’ by Helen Kohlen. 13. ‘Toward a Three Dimensional Perspective of Space for Humanizing Hospital Care’ by Hanneke van der Meide. 14. ‘Conclusion Asking the Right Questions’ by Joachim Boldt Annelieke Driessen Björn Freter Tobias Haeusermann Franziska Krause Pei Yi Liu Tim Opgenhaffen Annekatrin Skeide This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book examines the concept of care and care practices in healthcare from the interdisciplinary perspectives of continental philosophy care ethics the social sciences and anthropology. Areas addressed include dementia care midwifery diabetes care psychiatry and reproductive medicine. Special attention is paid to ambivalences and tensions within both the concept of care and care practices. Contributions in the first section of the book explore phenomenological and hermeneutic approaches to care and reveal historical precursors to care ethics. Empirical case studies and reflections on care in institutionalised and standardised settings form the second section of the book. The concluding chapter jointly written by many of the contributors points at recurring challenges of understanding and practicing care that open up the field for further research and discussion. This collection will be of great value to scholars and practitioners of medicine ethics philosophy social science and history