Ethics in Nursing Cases, Principles, and Reasoning

Name: Ethics in Nursing Cases, Principles, and Reasoning
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ISBN: 9780195380224

ISBN-10: 0195380223

ISBN-13: 9780195380224

Edition: 4th 2010

Authors: Martin Benjamin, Joy Curtis

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Starting with detailed cases based on real life, the fourth edition of Ethics in Nursing introduces the principles, concepts, and reasoning needed to think them through. Changes in this edition reflect important developments in nursing, ethical theory, and nursing ethics. Among the expanded set of 64 cases, 22 have been significantly revised and 15 are entirely new. Reasoning skills and philosophical understanding are explained and illustrated in cases involving: nurses and clients; inter-professional relationships; personal responsibility for institutional and public policy; and cost containment, justice, and rationing. New material on ethical theory includes an illustrated explanation and…

Book details

List price: $47.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/18/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.20" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Casesxiii



Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Inquiry



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



Basic ethical principles



Comprehensive ethical theories



Moral pluralism



A comprehensive ethics of care?



Ethical reasoning



Ethics, law, and religion



Nurses and Clients



Parentalism



Deception



Confidentiality



Personal risks and professional obligations



Conflicting claims



Recurring Ethical Issues in Interprofessional Relationships



Conflicts between nurse and other health care providers



Nurse autonomy



Collaboration



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



Public policy: workplace violence



Putting it all together



Cost Containment, Justice, and Rationing



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 expanding scope of nursing ethics



The International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics for Nurses



The Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectations, Rights, and Responsibilities



Cases for Analysis


Notes


Suggestions for Further Reading


Index