Ethics in nursing practice: a guide to ethical decision making

Every day nurses are required to make ethical decisions in the course of caring for their patients. Ethics in Nursing Practice provides the background necessary to understand ethical decision making and its implications for patient care. The authors focus on the individual nurses responsibilities, as well as considering the wider issues affecting patients, colleagues and society as a whole. This third edition is fully updated, and takes into account recent changes in ICN position statements, WHO documents, as well as addressing current issues in healthcare, such as providing for the health and care needs of refugeesand asylum seekers, bioethics and the enforcement of nursing codes. INDICE: 2e Contents.Part 1: Preparation for Ethical Decision Making.Chapter 1. Value Formation and Value Conflicts.Chapter 2. The Discipline of Ethics.Chapter 3. Ethical Concepts for Nursing Practice.Chapter 4. Standards for Ethical Behaviour.Chapter 5. A Decision-Making Model for Ethical and Cultural Diversity in Nursing Practice.Part 2: Ethical Responsibility of the Nurse.Chapter 6. Promoting Health.Chapter 7. Preventing Illness.Chapter 8. Restoring Health.Chapter 9. Alleviating Suffering.Part 3: Applying Ethics to Nursing Practice.Chapter 10. Nurses and People.Chapter 11. Nurses and Practice.Chapter 12. Nursesand Society.Chapter 13. Nurses and Co-Workers.Chapter 14. Nurses and the Profession

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-6052-0
• Editorial: Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 224
• Fecha Publicación: 09/05/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés