The first book to focus on issues which are critical to nurse practitioners. Breaking new ground in the development of ethical theory, this excellent text provides nurses and student nurses with a guide to ethical decision making and conduct in the workplace. Coverage includes topics such as western moral philosophy, feminist moral philosophy, patients' rights, matters of life and death: abortion and euthanasia, quality of life, and more--all supplemented with cases and examples.
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978-0-7295-0364-8 (9780729503648)
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"Be good women but don't have a code of ethics..."; what is ethics?; Western Moral philosophy - its modes, theories and conclusions; feminist moral philosophy - its modes, intention and promises; identifying and resolving moral problems; patient's rights; the question of nurse-patient advocacy; matters of life and death - abortion and euthanasia; quality if life, not for resuscitation orders and organ transplantation; taking a stand; where to from here?. Appendices.
