Professional standards and the requirement to be ethical -- Ethics, bioethics and nursing ethics: some working definitions -- Moral theory and the ethical practice of nursing -- cross-cultural ethics and the ethical practice of nursing -- Moral problems and moral decision-making in nursing and health care contexts -- Ethics, dehumanisation and vulnerable populations -- Patients' right to and in health care -- Ethical issues in mental health care -- Ethical issues end-of-life care -- The moral politics of abortion and euthanasia -- Professional judgment, moral quandaries and taking 'appropriate action' -- Professional obligations to report harmful behaviours: risks to patient safety, child abuse and elder abuse -- Nursing ethics futures -- challenges in the 21st century.
Summary:
An essential resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students and registered nurses to develop new insights and moral wisdom around ethical issues they will face in clinical practice.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.