Acknowledgments; The Changing Moral World and its Implications for the Nursing Profession; 'Be Good Women But Do Not Bother with a Code of Ethics'; Ethics, Bioethics and Nursing Ethics: Some Working Definitions; Theoretical Perspectives Informing Ethical Conduct; A Feminist Perspective on Ethics and Bioethics; A Transcultural Perspective on Ethics and Bioethics; Moral Problems and Moral Decision-Making in Nursing; Patients' Rights to and in Health Care; Human Rights and the Mentally Ill; Ethical Issues Associated with the Reporting of Child Abuse; Abortion and the Nursing Profession; Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide; Suicide and Parasuicide; Quality of Life, 'Not For Treatment' and 'Not For Resuscitation' Directives; Taking a Stand: Conscientious Objection, Strike Action and Institutional Ethics Committees; Promoting Ethical Nursing Practice