"gesture of care" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe an action or behavior that shows concern and consideration for someone or something. Example: The nurse's gentle touch as she placed a blanket over the patient's shoulders was a small but meaningful gesture of care.
"The freedom to wear a head scarf as a gesture of care and compassion for individuals in Muslim or other religious communities that may face discrimination or persecution is afforded to Dr. Hawkins as a faculty member of Wheaton College.
"Je est un autre" – I is an other – was Rimbaud's take on this split in the human psyche, and we find Fattore's gesture of care moving precisely because we recognise that nameless other self in the nameless faceless other.
I will never forget Paul's gesture of care and concern in coming to see us".
Philip G. Ryken, the president of Wheaton College, emphasized that it was Professor Hawkins's words, not her wearing the headscarf, that was the reason for her being placed on leave, as Wheaton had "no stated position on the wearing of head scarves as a gesture of care and concern for those in Muslim or other religious communities that may face discrimination or persecution".
In a subsequent statement, Wheaton College President Dr. Philip Ryken said, "The College has no stated position on the wearing of headscarves as a gesture of care and concern for those in Muslim or other religious communities that may face discrimination or persecution".
Gesture of Care for Sister.
But she noticed that "none of them received any flowers, the simplest gesture of caring and wishing-well".
On the way from the airport, they had felt as foreign to me as if they were hired actors mindlessly performing gestures of care and kinship: Tata in his absurd pith helmet, Mama smirking, routinely afraid of the future, Sestra approaching everything with pointless curiosity.
Recalled experiences of bodily illness and of comfort (Kontos & Naglie, 2007, 2009) also facilitated small but important empathetic gestures of care, such as the choice of toileting over bedpans and the selection of a favored nightgown.
The risk of infection related to the maintenance procedures of incubators and gestures of care for the newborn is identified; it could be avoided by the application of appropriate and validated procedures.
