Designed for ethics courses in nursing PhD and DNP programs, this book offers coverage of ethical patient care, care in vulnerable populations, legal influences on ethical care, ethical businesses practices, and research ethics that are discussed and analyzed by experts.
This book is a comprehensive introduction to the many ethical and legal issues that arise in the practice of nursing.
Benjamin and Curtis (2010) identify a dual nature of professional codes of ethics. On the one hand, codes of ethics operate as a creed, a statement of regard for high ideals and commitment of professionals toward them, “a sort of oath ...
Ethical thinking, valuing, and reasoning generally fall along a continuum between ethical relativism and ethical objectivism. ... for the most people affected by a rule or action. ... Principles of biomedical ethics (8th ed.).
The fourth edition of Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing is the essential book that combines legal and ethical knowledge for students and practicing nurses under one cover. It reflects...
Donna M. Nickitas Old Greenwich, Conn., May 8, 2015 The writer is a nursing professor at Hunter College, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. Shaping policy begins with a nurse selecting and learning about the policy issues that are ...
This recognition of the Other provides the basis for intersubjective experience (Husserl, 1913/1931; Schutz, 1960/1967). Thus, we are not bound up in ourselves in a solipsistic manner. Even to have and conceive of an individual self, ...
The 7th edition includes new ongoing case studies applying chapter content, a new discussion of organizational ethics, and expanded ethical scenarios and decision-making guidelines.
Ross identified prima facie duties, those duties that one must always act on unless they conflict with or are overridden by those of equal or stronger obligation (Beauchamp & Walters, 2003; Ross & Stratton-Lake, 2002).
Essentials of Nursing Law and Ethics is an authoritative resource designed to meet the needs of both nursing students and practicing nurses.
Tonia Aiken's text takes a user-friendly, practical approach, and provides all the features nursing educators and students rely on for comprehensive legal and ethical advice. It includes chapters on risk...