
Bioethics
A Nursing Perspective
Megan-Jane Johnstone(Author)
Elsevier (Publisher)
7th Edition
Published on 31. May 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
483 pages
978-0-7295-4322-4 (ISBN)
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Description
Written by Australia's foremost nursing ethics scholar, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective comprehensibly addresses the ethical challenges, obligations and responsibilities nurses will encounter in practice.
With a strong emphasis on the principles and standards of human rights and social justice, the 7th edition examines the spectrum of bioethical issues in health care with a focus on patients' rights, cross-cultural ethics, vulnerability ethics, mental health ethics, professional conduct, patient safety and end-of-life ethics.
- Coverage of the moral terrain of everyday practice, including:
- Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct
- End-of-life care, directives and legislation
- Moral disengagement
- Prejudice, discrimination and vulnerable populations
- Elder abuse and child abuse
- Future nursing ethics challenges
- Case scenarios and critical questions to encourage reflection on key issues in practice
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With a strong emphasis on the principles and standards of human rights and social justice, the 7th edition examines the spectrum of bioethical issues in health care with a focus on patients' rights, cross-cultural ethics, vulnerability ethics, mental health ethics, professional conduct, patient safety and end-of-life ethics.
- Coverage of the moral terrain of everyday practice, including:
- Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct
- End-of-life care, directives and legislation
- Moral disengagement
- Prejudice, discrimination and vulnerable populations
- Elder abuse and child abuse
- Future nursing ethics challenges
- Case scenarios and critical questions to encourage reflection on key issues in practice
Additional resources on Evolve
eBook on VitalSource
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Edition
7th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chatswood
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7295-4322-4 (9780729543224)
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02/2016
6th Edition
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Person
Author
Independent Scholar; Formerly Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
Content
1.Professional standards and the requirement to be ethical
2.Ethics, bioethics and nursing ethics: some working defintions
3.Moral theory and the ethical practice of nursing4. Cross cultural ethics and the ethical practice of nursing
5.Moral problems and moral decision-making in nursing and health care contexts
6.Ethics, dehumanisation and vulnerable populations
7.Patients' rights to and in health care
8.Ethical issues in mental health care
9.Ethical issues in end-of-life care
10.The moral politics of abortion and euthanasia
11.Professional judgment, moral quandaries and taking 'appropriate action'
12.Professional obligations to report harmful behaviours: risks to patient safety, child abuse and elder abuse
13.Nursing ethics futures - challenges in the 21st century
2.Ethics, bioethics and nursing ethics: some working defintions
3.Moral theory and the ethical practice of nursing4. Cross cultural ethics and the ethical practice of nursing
5.Moral problems and moral decision-making in nursing and health care contexts
6.Ethics, dehumanisation and vulnerable populations
7.Patients' rights to and in health care
8.Ethical issues in mental health care
9.Ethical issues in end-of-life care
10.The moral politics of abortion and euthanasia
11.Professional judgment, moral quandaries and taking 'appropriate action'
12.Professional obligations to report harmful behaviours: risks to patient safety, child abuse and elder abuse
13.Nursing ethics futures - challenges in the 21st century