Ethical Issues in Nursing

Ethical Issues in Nursing
ISBN-10
0415081459
ISBN-13
9780415081450
Category
Ethics, Nursing
Pages
248
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
Psychology Press
Author
Geoffrey Hunt

Description

This book takes nursing ethics beyond the stock 'moral concepts' to a critical examination of the fundamental assumptions underlying the very nature of nursing. It deals openly with controversial issues faced by nurses, such as euthanasia and HIVThis is the first book to take nursing ethics beyond stock 'moral concepts' to a critical examination of the fundamental assumptions underlying the very nature of nursing. It takes as its point of departure the difficulties nurses experience practising within the confines of a biomedical model of health and illness and a hierarchical, technocratic health care system. The contributors go on to deal openly and honestly with controversial issues faced by nurses, such as euthanasia and HIV.

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