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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... 55 Virtue ethics 57 The notion of virtue 58 Virtue ethics and nursing 59 Virtue ethics and nursing's ethic of care 61 Problems with virtue ethics 62 Deontology and teleology 63 Deontology 63 Teleology 64 Moral duties Contents.
... 55 Virtue ethics 57 The notion of virtue 58 Virtue ethics and nursing 59 Virtue ethics and nursing's ethic of care 61 Problems with virtue ethics 62 Deontology and teleology 63 Deontology 63 Teleology 64 Moral duties Contents.
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... duties and obligations 64 Limitations and weaknesses of ethical theory 67 Moral justification and moral theory — some further thoughts 68 Conclusion 69 Case scenarios and critical questions 69 Chapter 4 Cross-cultural ethics and the ...
... duties and obligations 64 Limitations and weaknesses of ethical theory 67 Moral justification and moral theory — some further thoughts 68 Conclusion 69 Case scenarios and critical questions 69 Chapter 4 Cross-cultural ethics and the ...
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... duty to prevent child abuse 214 Protecting the interests of children as children and as prospective adults 215 Considerations against the mandatory and voluntary notification of child abuse 217 The professional–client relationship 217 ...
... duty to prevent child abuse 214 Protecting the interests of children as children and as prospective adults 215 Considerations against the mandatory and voluntary notification of child abuse 217 The professional–client relationship 217 ...
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... duty to die' 264 Arguments from climate change 265 Counter-arguments to views supporting euthanasia 266 Autonomy and the right to choose death 266 Dignity and the right to die with dignity 267 Suffering and the demand to end it 267 ...
... duty to die' 264 Arguments from climate change 265 Counter-arguments to views supporting euthanasia 266 Autonomy and the right to choose death 266 Dignity and the right to die with dignity 267 Suffering and the demand to end it 267 ...
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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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