Ethics, Law and Nursing
Published on 16. February 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-7190-4050-4 (ISBN)
Description
An introduction to the ethical and legal dilemmas in nursing practice, this text is designed to provoke the nurse to reflect on the nature of his or her professional obligations and future practice. The authors firstly familiarise the reader with the basic principles of ethical debate and the overall structure of the legal system as it effects nurses. They then address the fundamental dilemmas of nursing practice, such as whether or not paternalism can ever be justified, if patients have the right to die, and what a nurse's response should be to poor professional practice by colleagues. The book aims to enhance the reader's understanding of the issues, and to educate nurses to develop their own skills of reasoning and judgement. -- .
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
377 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-4050-4 (9780719040504)
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Content
Ethics, rights and obligations; nurses and the law; autonomy and consent to treatment; confidentiality and whistle blowing; justice and allocation of resources; responsibilities and accountability; pregnancy and childbirth; nursing the sick child; caring for vulnerable patients; AIDS; nurses and research; transplantation; nursing the dying.