| Description |
xii, 420 pages ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Contents: Ch. 1. Professional standards and the requirement to be ethical -- Ch. 2. Ethics, bioethics and nursing ethics : some working definitions -- Ch. 3. Moral theory and the ethical practice of nursing -- Ch. 4. Transcultural ethics and the ethical practice of nursing -- Ch. 5. Moral problems and moral decision-making in nursing and health care contexts -- Ch. 6. Patients' rights to and in health care -- Ch. 7. Human rights and the mentally ill -- Ch. 8. Ethical issues associated with the reporting of child abuse -- Ch. 9. Abortion ethics and the nursing profession -- Ch. 10. Euthanasia, assisted suicide and the nursing profession -- Ch. 11. Ethical issues in suicide and parasuicide -- Ch. 12. End of life decision-making and the nursing profession -- Ch. 13. Taking a stand : conscientious objection, clinical ethics committees and whistleblowing -- Ch. 14. Nursing ethics futures, moral activism and meeting the challenge to be involved -- Ch. 15. Indigenous perspectives |
| Summary |
Provides nursing students with the necessary knowledge and understanding of the ethical issues affecting nursing practice, and provides a framework for students to understand the obligations, responsibilities and ethical challenges they will face. This 4th edition responds to new and emerging developments. Aust author |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Sydney : Harcourt, 1999 |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [369]-410 |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Nursing -- Practice.
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Nursing -- Philosophy.
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Nursing ethics.
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Bioethics.
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Medical ethics.
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Decision Making.
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Ethics, Nursing.
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Labor Unions.
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Strikes, Employee.
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Ethics, Nursing.
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Bioethics.
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Patient Advocacy.
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Bioethics.
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Ethics, Nursing.
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| SUBJECT |
Victoria. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014739 |
| Genre/Form |
Nurses Instruction.
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| LC no. |
00002538 |
| ISBN |
9780729537261 |
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0729537269 : |
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