Ethics in nursing practice /
Graham Rumbold.
- 3rd ed.
- Edinburgh : Baillière Tindall, 1999.
- xi, 275p. ; 22 cm.
Previous ed.: 1993. Published in association with the Royal College of Nursing.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is nursing ethics? -- What is right? -- Cultural influences on ethial decision-making -- Sanctity of life versus quality of life -- For the good of whom? -- Duties, rights, responsibilities -- Death and dying -- The unborn child -- Hospitals should do the patient no harm -- Confidentiality -- To tell or not to tell -- The nurse-doctor relationship -- Is it fair? -- Beneficence, non-maleficence and autonomy -- The vulnerable patient -- The rights of the nurse.
This third edition of the nursing ethics book has been revised to incorporate the vast array of the current ethico-legal issues to emerge in nursing and health care. It also covers the differentiation between nursing and medical ethics.