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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... questions 346 Chapter 13 Taking a stand: conscientious objection, whistleblowing and reporting nursing errors 349 Introduction 349 Conscientious objection 350 The nature of conscience explained 352 Conscience as moral reasoning x Contents.
... questions 346 Chapter 13 Taking a stand: conscientious objection, whistleblowing and reporting nursing errors 349 Introduction 349 Conscientious objection 350 The nature of conscience explained 352 Conscience as moral reasoning x Contents.
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... errors 373 What is a 'nursing error'? 374 Incidence and impact of nursing errors 375 Human error management 376 Nursing error management 377 The ethics and practical importance of reporting nursing errors 378 The problem of under ...
... errors 373 What is a 'nursing error'? 374 Incidence and impact of nursing errors 375 Human error management 376 Nursing error management 377 The ethics and practical importance of reporting nursing errors 378 The problem of under ...
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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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