(The management of nursing care). The ethics of care is based on the premise that there is an intrinsic ethics dimension in providing care. This enriches the discourse on public health ethics and helps to shift the perspective to the user, patient and family who are receiving care. The way in which nurses provide care raises the question about what should be done and how to carry it out. It is especially relevant in deciding whether or not the healthcare model be directed toward the client, patient or user. In health service organizations, the basic principles of professional care and the basic principles of patient treatment should both be taken into consideration equally.