Ethics in Nursing

Name: Ethics in Nursing
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ISBN: 9780195067484

ISBN-10: 0195067487

ISBN-13: 9780195067484

Edition: 3rd 1992 (Revised)

Authors: Martin Benjamin, Joy Curtis

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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 nurse's role and relations with others --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. This third edition has been enlarged with new cases and case discussions related to AIDS and an additional chapter on the…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/2/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Moral Dilemmas And Ethical Injury


Moral dilemmas in nursing


Ethical codes: Uses and limitations


The fundamental question of morality


ethical inquiry


Ethical autonomy and institutional-hierarchical constraints


Unavoidable Topics In Ethical Theory


Introduction


Basic ethical principles


knowledge in ethics


Ethics, law, and religion


Nurses And Clients


Introduction


Parentalism


Deception


Confidentiality


Personal risks and professional obligations


Conflicting claims


Recurring Ethical Issues In Nurse-Physician Relationships


Conflicts between nurse and physician


Nurse autonomy


Collaborations


Integrity-preserving compromise


Conscientious refusal


Determining responsibility


Ethical Dilemmas Among Nurses


Tensions between nurses


Respect for persons


Professional obligations


Administrative dilemmas


Personal Responsibility For Institutional And Public Policy


The scope of individual responsibility


Institutional policies and strikes


Institutional ethics committees


Blowing the whistle


Public policy


Advance directives


Putting it all together


Cost Containment, Justice, And Rationing


Introduction


Cost containment and the claims of justice


Access to care


The concept of rationing


The oregon proposal


Toward ethical rationing


Rationing and the importance of nursing care


The expanded scope of nursing ethics