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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Preparation for ethical decision making | |
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| Value formation and value conflict | |
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| The nature of values | |
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| Cultural values | |
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| Religious values | |
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| Personal values | |
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| Professional values | |
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| Value conflicts | |
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| The discipline of ethics | |
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| Traditional western ethics | |
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| Theories of ethics | |
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| Principles of ethics | |
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| Beyond traditional theories of ethics and principlism | |
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| Ethics and the law | |
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| Bioethics | |
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| Ethical concepts for nursing practice | |
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| Advocacy | |
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| Accountability/responsibility | |
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| Cooperation | |
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| Caring | |
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| Consensus on the concepts | |
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| Standards of ethical conduct in nursing | |
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| Early standards for nurses' ethical behaviours | |
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| Development of nursing codes of ethics | |
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| Purpose of a code of ethics | |
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| Common themes in nursing codes of ethics | |
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| Application and enforcement of nursing codes of ethics | |
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| Ethical analysis and decision making in nursing practice | |
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| Models for ethical analysis and decision making | |
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| A model for ethical analysis and decision making in nursing practice | |
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| Taking ethical action | |
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| Ethical responsibilities of the nurse | |
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| Promoting health | |
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| Preventing illness | |
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| Restoring health | |
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| Alleviating suffering | |
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| Applying ethics to nursing practice | |
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| Nurses and people | |
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| Serving people who need nursing care | |
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| Individual versus collective good | |
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| Respecting values, customs and spiritual beliefs | |
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| Protecting human rights and dignity | |
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| Nurses and practice | |
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| Allocating nursing care | |
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| Delegating nursing authority to others | |
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| Accepting responsibility for nursing care | |
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| Nurses and the profession | |
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| Implementing desirable standards of nursing practice and nursing education | |
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| Participating in research involving human participants | |
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| Equitable social and economic working conditions in nursing | |
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| Nurses and co-workers | |
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| Cooperating with physicians | |
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| Cooperating with nurses and other co-workers | |
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| Reporting incompetent nursing care | |
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| Teaching ethics to nurses | |
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| Taking moral action | |
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| Glossary | |
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| ICN Code of Ethics | |
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| Index | |