ABSTRACT
This chapter explores interconnections between experiences of health and constructions of organization as a family unit, where relationships are conceptualised in terms of kinship, and well-being is enveloped in feelings of belonging. By claiming health and well-being as a social issue, however, care ethicists are not suggesting that it belongs to the public as opposed to the private domain. Constructions of care bring about a range of challenges and controversies for both organizational and individual well-being. The idea of self-care was almost unheard of in the workplace a few years ago, except in the context of looks and appearance, where it was mostly used as a criticism of women who were deemed to be lacking in it. In many of the classical variants of self-care, there is an explicit connection with health, because care of the self means that ‘one must become the doctor of oneself’.
