Edwards Nursing Ethics

A Principle-Based Approach
2. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-137-11867-7
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Struggling to understand ethics? Feeling lost when trying to handle moral dilemmas in professional practice? Worried about helping patients to make decisions in an ethical way? Nursing Ethics is an introductory text which enables you to consider, understand and tackle difficult moral problems. It takes a principle-based approach, which provides a practical and easy-to-apply framework for addressing ethical dilemmas. The book includes clear descriptions of moral theories and concepts and is packed with case examples – giving it immediate relevance to everyday nursing situations.   As well as being significantly revised and updated, this new edition includes discussion of the Nursing and Midwifery Code (2008) and an entire chapter dedicated to genetics and the related complex ethicalissues. Simple, clear and accessible – Nursing Ethics is an essential purchase for all students and practitioners of nursing and health care.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edwards, Steven

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to 1st Edition.- Introduction to 2nd Edition.- Preliminary Matters.- Judgements, Rules, Principles and Theories.- The Four Principles.- Conflicts between the Principles.- Criticism of a Principle-based Approach.- Applying the 'principles infused with care' Approach in the Context of Genetics.- Supererogatory Actions in Nursing.- Bibliography.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

STEVE D. EDWARDS is Professor at the School of Human and Health Science at Swansea University, UK.