Nursing ethics : Irish cases and concerns /
Dolores Dooley and Joan McCarthy.
- Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, c2005.
- xiii, 314 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-306) and index.
Section one: Patient-nurse relationship -- 1.Respecting patient autonomy -- 2.Autonomy and vulnerability -- 3.Truthful conversations -- 4.Advocacy and integrity -- 5.Respecting patient confidentiality -- 6.The confidentiality process -- 7.Informed consent to nursing and medical procedures -- 8.Informed consent in research -- Section two: Living and dying -- 9.Abortion and moral space -- 10.Personal conscience and public policy -- 11.Selecting for sex -- 12.Surrogate pregnancy -- 13.Companying the chronically ill and dying -- 14.Falling down the slippery slope -- Section three: 15.Allocating scarce health resources -- 16.Accountability and whistle-blowing -- 17.The right to strike
An interactive approach to learning nursing ethics that uses cases, discussion questions and summaries to foster the development of a wide range of ethical skills and intelligences.
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