Ethics in Nursing

Ethics in Nursing
ISBN-10
0199759634
ISBN-13
9780199759637
Category
Medical
Pages
264
Language
English
Published
1992-01-02
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Authors
Martin Benjamin Professor of Philosophy, Joy Curtis Professor of Nursing and University Ombudsman both at Michigan State University

Description

Written by a nurse and a philosopher, Ethics in Nursing blends the concrete detail of recurring problems in nursing practice with the perspectives, methods, and resources of philosophical ethics. It stresses the aspects of the nurses role and relations withothers -- physicians, patients, administrators, other nurses -- that give ethical problems in nursing their special focus. Among the issues addressed are deception, parentalism, confidentiality, conscientious refusal, nurse autonomy, compromise, and personal responsibility for institutional and public policy. The third edition has been enlarged with new cases and case discussions related to AIDS and an additional chapter on the expanding scope of nursing ethics as it addresses issues related to scarce resources, cost containment, justice, and the possibilities of health care rationing.

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