TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnstone,Megan-Jane
TI  - Bioethics: a nursing perspective 
SN  - 9780729538732 (pbk.) :
AV  - QH332 
U1  - 174.2 JOH 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Sydney, [N.S.W]., London
PB  - Churchill Livingstone
KW  - Medical ethics
KW  - Nursing ethics
KW  - Bioethics
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Nursing
KW  - thema
N1  - 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
N2  - This edition of 'Bioethics' provides nursing students with the necessary knowledge and understanding of the ethical issues effecting nursing practice
ER  -