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Bioethics : a nursing perspective / Megan-Jane Johnstone.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Sydney, [N.S.W]. ; London : Churchill Livingstone, c2009.Edition: 5th edDescription: xv, 472 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780729538732 (pbk.) :
  • 9780729538732 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.2 JOH
LOC classification:
  • QH332
Contents:
Preface--Acknowledgments--Professional standards and the requirement to be ethical--Ethics, bioethics and nursing ethics: some working definitions--Moral theory and the ethical practice of nursing--Cross-cultural ethics and the ethical proactice of nursing--Moral problems and moral decision-making in nursing and health care contexts--Patients\' rights to and in health care--Human rights and the mentally ill--Ethical issues associated with the reporting of child abuse--Abortion ethics and the nursing profession--Euthanasia, assisted suicide and the nursing profession--Ethical issues in suicide and parasuicide--End of life decision making and the nursing profession--Taking a stand: conscientious objection, whistleblowing and reporting nursing errors--Nursing ethics future, moral activism and meeting the challenge to be involved--Indigenous perspectives--Biography--Index.
Summary: This edition of 'Bioethics' provides nursing students with the necessary knowledge and understanding of the ethical issues effecting nursing practice.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 174.2 JOH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 208841
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 174.2 JOH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 208843

Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface--Acknowledgments--Professional standards and the requirement to be ethical--Ethics, bioethics and nursing ethics: some working definitions--Moral theory and the ethical practice of nursing--Cross-cultural ethics and the ethical proactice of nursing--Moral problems and moral decision-making in nursing and health care contexts--Patients\' rights to and in health care--Human rights and the mentally ill--Ethical issues associated with the reporting of child abuse--Abortion ethics and the nursing profession--Euthanasia, assisted suicide and the nursing profession--Ethical issues in suicide and parasuicide--End of life decision making and the nursing profession--Taking a stand: conscientious objection, whistleblowing and reporting nursing errors--Nursing ethics future, moral activism and meeting the challenge to be involved--Indigenous perspectives--Biography--Index.

This edition of 'Bioethics' provides nursing students with the necessary knowledge and understanding of the ethical issues effecting nursing practice.

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