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- Title
Care-deficits and polarization: Why the time is ripe for a universal care conscription.
- Authors
de Vries, Bouke
- Abstract
A large share of countries is struggling to provide adequate care to their older populations. To deal with this challenge, philosopher Ingrid Robeyns has advocated legislation that requires (most) citizens to spend 1 year of their life providing dependency care. My aim of this contribution is to strengthen the case for this proposal, which I will refer to as a 'universal care conscription'. I do so by defending this type of conscription against various alternative ways of addressing care-deficits that have been proposed. As I show, not only is it doubtful whether pursuing these alternatives will always, or even generally, suffice to prevent and/or alleviate care-deficits at reasonable financial and moral cost, a universal care conscription has significant civic benefits in an age of polarization that count strongly in its favour.
- Subjects
HEALTH policy; MEDICAL quality control; HEALTH services accessibility; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL care costs; LABOR demand; SOCIAL cohesion; HEALTH equity; NURSING ethics; ELDER care
- Publication
Nursing Ethics, 2022, Vol 29, Issue 3, p709
- ISSN
0969-7330
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/09697330211046649