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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... health care 131 Introduction 132 The issue of patients' rights 133 What are ... mental illness 184 Stigma, prejudice and discrimination against the mentally ... mental health care ethics 189 Psychiatric advance directives ('Ulysses ...
... health care 131 Introduction 132 The issue of patients' rights 133 What are ... mental illness 184 Stigma, prejudice and discrimination against the mentally ... mental health care ethics 189 Psychiatric advance directives ('Ulysses ...
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... mental health care 196 Future directions in mental health care ethics 198 Conclusion 199 Case scenarios and critical questions 199 Chapter 8 Ethical issues associated with the reporting of child abuse 203 Introduction 203 What is child ...
... mental health care 196 Future directions in mental health care ethics 198 Conclusion 199 Case scenarios and critical questions 199 Chapter 8 Ethical issues associated with the reporting of child abuse 203 Introduction 203 What is child ...
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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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