Ethical and professional issues in nursing : perspectives from Europe /
edited by Win Tadd.
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
- xvi, 197 p. : 1 ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Challenges and issues in nursing. Win Tadd -- 2.The nurses\' role - present and future. George Evers -- 3.Evidence-based practice - the role of nursing research. Soren Holm -- 4.Nursing\'s role in shaping European health policy. Tom Keighley -- 5.Political activity and the nurses - a professional duty? Marianne Arndt -- 6.Interprofessional relationships: collaboration or confrontation. Maria Gasull -- 7.The nurse: autonomous professional or subservient worker? P. Anne Scott -- 8.Do nurses have a special claim to be patient advocates? Peter Allmark -- 9.How effective are codes of nursing ethics? Andrew Edgar -- 10.Professional self-regulation in nursing. Reg Pyne.
This volume brings together experts from five European countries. The authors explore a wide range of professional issues facing nurses across Europe, promoting debate that traverses national and cultural boundaries.