Abstract
This contribution focuses on palliative care from a care ethical perspective. First the historical background of care ethics is presented by discussing the work of Gilligan, Noddings, Gadow and Tronto. Care ethics is seen as an interdisciplinary field of studies, adopting a moral perspective characterized by special attention to the inherently moral nature of caring, relationships as an integral part of caring, a critical stance towards institutional contexts and technology, the way caring as a social practice is culturally defined, and connecting the moral and the political spheres. After having identified some structural similarities between care ethics and palliative care, a number of critical issues are identified that are not or only partly addressed in contemporary palliative care ethics. These are: power struggles between paradigms; dealing with conflicts; neglect of gender issues and diversity; and struggles with ethical contextuality.
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