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Nursing Ethics

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The authors have developed a holistic approach that explores: ethics in hospital… Leer más

Descripción

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The authors have developed a holistic approach that explores: ethics in hospital and community settings, inter-disciplinary teamwork, ward and hospital management, nursing research, performance management and the political ethics of nursing administration, health service re-structuring and reform. The content has been substantially revised for this edition and significant new material added to reflect developments in theory and practice.

Puntos claves

  • covers a wide range of ethical issues - much more than just ‘clinical' dilemmas and decision-making skills
  • a down-to-earth and practical approach to applied ethics
  • user-friendly layout
  • material on moral theory kept to a minimum (but dealt with thoroughly at the end of the book)
  • focuses on ethical issues in nursing and case studies taken from nursing practice i.e. the concrete concerns of nurses and other front-line workers
  • pedagogical features include: chapter aims, learning outcomes and further reading for possible essay, tutorial and project topics
  • also useful as a general work of reference on ethic in health care

De interès para

Pre-reg and post-reg nursing students; nursing/ health science lecturers, libraries in nursing and health sciences schools

Índice

INTRODUCTION Ethics in nursing — continuity and change

PART 1 Cultural issues, methods and approaches to nursing ethics


1. Nursing ethics: historical, cultural and professional perspectives

2. Nursing ethics – what do we mean by ‘ethics’?

PART 2 Socialisation, professionalisation and nursing values


3. Becoming a nurse and member of the profession

4. Power and responsibility in nursing practice and management

5. Professional responsibility and accountability in nursing

PART 3 Nursing ethics – issues in clinical practice


6. Classical areas of controversy in nursing and biomedical ethics

7. Direct responsibility in nurse/patient relationships

8. Conflicting demands in nursing groups of patients

PART 4 Ethics in nursing management, research and teaching


9. Ethics in healthcare management: research, evaluation and performance management

10. The political ethics of healthcare: health policies and resource allocation

11. Corporate ethics in healthcare: strategic planning and ethical policy development

PART 5 Ethical decision-making and moral theory


12. Making moral decisions and being able to justify our actions

13. The relevance of moral theory: justifying our ethical policies

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Sobre los autores

IT

Ian E. Thompson

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Former Professor of Ethics and Philosophy, University of Notre Dame Australia; Fremantle, Western Australia & Honorary Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

KM

Kath M. Melia

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor of Nursing Studies, Faculty of Social Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

KB

Kenneth M. Boyd

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Scottish Director, Institute of Medical Ethics, Edinburgh, UK

DH

Dorothy Horsburgh

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Senior Lecturer - Research Awards, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Care, Faculty of Health, Life and Social Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, UK