Bioethics : a nursing perspective / Megan-Jane Johnstone.
Material type: TextPublication details: Sydney, [N.S.W]. ; London : Churchill Livingstone, c2009.Edition: 5th edDescription: xv, 472 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780729538732 (pbk.) :
- 9780729538732 (pbk.) :
- 174.2 JOH
- QH332
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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.