| Description |
xv, 546 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The changing moral world and its implications for the nursing profession -- Ch. 2. 'Be good women but do not bother with a Code of Ethics' -- Ch. 3. Ethics, bioethics and nursing ethics: some working definitions -- Ch. 4. Theoretical perspectives informing ethical conduct -- Ch. 5. A feminist perspective on ethics and bioethics -- Ch. 6. A transcultural perspective on ethics and bioethics -- Ch. 7. Moral problems and moral decision-making in nursing -- Ch. 8. Patients' rights to and in health care -- Ch. 9. Human rights and the mentally ill -- Ch. 10. Ethical issues associated with the reporting of child abuse -- Ch. 11. Abortion and the nursing profession -- Cn. 12. Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- Ch. 13. Suicide and parasuicide -- Ch. 14. Quality of life, 'Not For Treatment' and 'Not For Resuscitation' directives -- Ch. 15. Taking a stand: conscientious objection, strike action and institutional ethics committees -- Ch. 16. Promoting ethical nursing practice -- App. I. Code for Nurses (International Council of Nurses) -- App. II. Consumer health rights -- App. III. ANCI Code of Ethics for Nurses in Australia (Australian Nursing Council) -- App. IV. Patients' Bill of Rights (Australian Nursing Federation, Western Australia) -- App. V. Patients' Bill of Rights (Australian Nursing Federation, Victoria) -- App. VI. Nursing care of the person who is dying (Australian Nursing Federation) -- App. VII. Code of Ethics (New Zealand Nurses Organisation) -- App. VIII. Code of Professional Conduct (United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting) -- App. IX. American Nurses' Association Code for Nurses -- App. X. Code of Ethics for Nursing (Canadian Nurses' Association) -- App. XI. Position statement - ethics in nursing practice (Royal College of Nursing, Australia) -- App. XII. Position statement - conscientious objection (Royal College of Nursing, Australia) |
| Summary |
Provides nurses with a text that covers the history and nature of mainstream bioethics and its relationship to nursing. It also stimulates critical thinking on bioethical issues as these relate to the real world of the practising nurse |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Previous ed.: Sydney : W.B. Saunders/Bailliere Tindall, 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 487-536 |
| Subject |
Bioethics.
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Medical ethics.
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Nursing ethics.
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Bioethics.
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Ethics, Nursing.
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Labor Unions.
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Patient Advocacy.
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Strikes, Employee.
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Ethics, Nursing.
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Bioethics.
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| SUBJECT |
Victoria. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014739 |
| Genre/Form |
Nurses Instruction.
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| LC no. |
00001460 |
| ISBN |
0729534030 |
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