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Hospitality functions not merely as a transactional service act but as an embedded care virtue, and fully engaging in hospitality inherently requires enacting care, particularly in extreme environments. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To introduce the conceptual framework of "hospicareity" and examine how hospitality operates as an embedded virtue of care within extreme crisis environments.

August 30, 2026Journal of Hospitality and Tourism ManagementOpen Access

Introducing “Hospicareity”: Repositioning hospitality as an embedded care virtue within extreme environments

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AKAmy L. Kenworthy CGChelsea Gill

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Conceptual case analysis demonstrates hospitality as an embedded care virtue for repatriated military personnel, highlighting hospitality's capacity as a transformative social force.

Key Points

To introduce the conceptual framework of "hospicareity" and examine how hospitality operates as an embedded virtue of care within extreme crisis environments.
Applied Joan Tronto’s ethic of care cycle as an analytical foundation.
Examined the operational experiences of a Ukrainian military leader establishing a dedicated care unit for soldiers returning from Russian captivity.
Conceptualized "hospicareity" as a relational virtue centered on attentiveness, responsibility, and sustained human connection rather than transactional service.
Demonstrated that embedding care within hospitality in high-trauma environments provides a transformative social force against systemic carelessness.

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Kenworthy et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a93f00a6c1a8fb52e79c10d https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2026.101543

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August 30, 2026Journal of Hospitality and Tourism ManagementOpen Access

Introducing “Hospicareity”: Repositioning hospitality as an embedded care virtue within extreme environments

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Authors

AKAmy L. Kenworthy CGChelsea Gill

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Overview

Conceptual case analysis demonstrates hospitality as an embedded care virtue for repatriated military personnel, highlighting hospitality's capacity as a transformative social force.

Key Points

To introduce the conceptual framework of "hospicareity" and examine how hospitality operates as an embedded virtue of care within extreme crisis environments.
Applied Joan Tronto’s ethic of care cycle as an analytical foundation.
Examined the operational experiences of a Ukrainian military leader establishing a dedicated care unit for soldiers returning from Russian captivity.
Conceptualized "hospicareity" as a relational virtue centered on attentiveness, responsibility, and sustained human connection rather than transactional service.
Demonstrated that embedding care within hospitality in high-trauma environments provides a transformative social force against systemic carelessness.

Cite This Study

Kenworthy et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a93f00a6c1a8fb52e79c10d https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2026.101543

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