Bioethics: A Nursing PerspectiveElsevier Health Sciences, 2008 M09 1 - 472 pages The 5th edition of Bioethics provides nursing students with the necessary knowledge and understanding of the ethical issues effecting nursing practice. Groundbreaking in its first edition, Bioethics continues its role as a vital component of nursing education and provides a framework for students to understand the obligations, responsibilities and ethical challenges they will be presented with throughout their careers. This latest edition responds to new and emerging developments in the field and marks a significant turning point in nursing ethics in that it serves not only to inform but also to revitalise and progress debate on the issues presented. |
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Page i
... cultural ethics and the ethical practice of nursing 71 Introduction 71 Cross-cultural ethics and nursing 72 Culture and its relationship to ethics 73 The nature and implications of a cross-cultural approach to ethics 74 Moral diversity ...
... cultural ethics and the ethical practice of nursing 71 Introduction 71 Cross-cultural ethics and nursing 72 Culture and its relationship to ethics 73 The nature and implications of a cross-cultural approach to ethics 74 Moral diversity ...
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... cultural liberty 178 Conclusion 179 Case scenarios and critical questions 179 Chapter 7 Human rights and the mentally ill 183 Introduction 183 Prevalence of mental illness 184 Stigma, prejudice and discrimination against the mentally ...
... cultural liberty 178 Conclusion 179 Case scenarios and critical questions 179 Chapter 7 Human rights and the mentally ill 183 Introduction 183 Prevalence of mental illness 184 Stigma, prejudice and discrimination against the mentally ...
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... cultural context of Australia 208 What makes child abuse a bona fide and significant moral issue? 209 The problem of ambivalence towards the moral entitlements of children 210 The case of Daniel Valerio 211 The case of Cody Hutchings ...
... cultural context of Australia 208 What makes child abuse a bona fide and significant moral issue? 209 The problem of ambivalence towards the moral entitlements of children 210 The case of Daniel Valerio 211 The case of Cody Hutchings ...
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... cultural attitudes to suicide: a brief historical overview 295 Socio-cultural acceptance of suicide, 600 BC–4 AD 295 Attitudes of religious prohibition against suicide 299 The criminalisation of suicide 301 The medicalisation of suicide ...
... cultural attitudes to suicide: a brief historical overview 295 Socio-cultural acceptance of suicide, 600 BC–4 AD 295 Attitudes of religious prohibition against suicide 299 The criminalisation of suicide 301 The medicalisation of suicide ...
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Contents
CHAPTER 1 Professional standards and the requirement to be ethical | 1 |
some working definitions | 9 |
CHAPTER 3 Moral theory and the ethical practice of nursing | 35 |
CHAPTER 4 Crosscultural ethics and the ethical practice of nursing | 71 |
CHAPTER 5 Moral problems and moral decisionmaking in nursing and health care contexts | 93 |
CHAPTRE 6 Patients rights to and in health care | 131 |
CHAPTER 7 Human rights and the mentally ill | 183 |
CHAPTER 8 Ethical issues associated with the reporting of child abuse | 203 |
CHAPTER 10 Euthanasia assisted suicide and the nursing profession | 247 |
CHAPTER 11 Ethical issues in suicide and parasuicide | 291 |
CHAPTER 12 Endoflife decisionmaking and the nursing profession | 319 |
conscientious objection whistleblowing and reporting nursing errors | 349 |
CHAPTER 14 Nursing ethics future moral activism and meeting the challenge to be involved | 385 |
CHAPTER 15 Indigenous perspectives | 391 |
Bibliography | 397 |
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