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Gives the background necessary to understand ethical decision making and its implications for patient care. This work focuses on the individual nurse's responsibilities, as well as considering the wider issues affecting patients, colleagues and society as a whole. It also includes the revised ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses (2006).
Book details
Format: Paperback
Pages: 232 pages
Height: 244mm
Width: 172mm
ISBN: 9781405160520 (1405160527)
Publication date: 09 May 2008
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Country of publication: United Kingdom
Specialty: Medical ethics, Nursing
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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 nurse's 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 refugees and asylum seekers, bioethics and the enforcement of nursing codes. It includes the revised ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses (2006). It considers the relationship between ethics and law. It draws upon everyday ethical dilemmas in nursing practice. This publication from the International Council of Nurses is the essential resource for nurses seeking to understand ethical decision making, written by world experts in nursing ethics.
Contents
2e Contents Part 1: Preparation for Ethical Decision MakingChapter 1. Value Formation and Value ConflictsChapter 2. The Discipline of EthicsChapter 3. Ethical Concepts for Nursing PracticeChapter 4. Standards for Ethical BehaviourChapter 5. A Decision-Making Model for Ethical and Cultural Diversity in Nursing PracticePart 2: Ethical Responsibility of the NurseChapter 6. Promoting HealthChapter 7. Preventing IllnessChapter 8. Restoring HealthChapter 9. Alleviating SufferingPart 3: Applying Ethics to Nursing PracticeChapter 10. Nurses and PeopleChapter 11. Nurses and PracticeChapter 12. Nurses and SocietyChapter 13. Nurses and Co-WorkersChapter 14. Nurses and the Profession
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