Key Concepts and Issues in Nursing Ethics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scott, P. Anne (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Ethics.; Public health.; Nursing.; Practice of medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Practice and Hospital Management.

Short case studies, based on real stories from the health care arena, ensure that each chapter of this book is rooted in descriptions of nursing practise that are grounded, salient narratives of nursing care. The reader is assisted to explore the ethical dimension of nursing practice: what it is and...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Nursing and the Ethical Dimension of Practice
• 2. A Duty-Based Approach for Nursing Ethics & Practice
• 3. Utilitarianism as an Approach to Ethical Decision Making in Health Care
• 4. Virtue Ethics and Nursing Practice
• 5. Care Ethics and Nursing Practice
• 6. The Concept of Person
• 7. Patient Autonomy in Nursing and Healthcare Contexts
• 8. The Nurse as Patient Advocate?
• 9. Ethical Issues at the Beginning of Life
• 10. Ethical Issues at the End of Life
• 11. Ethical Issues in Mental Health Nursing
• 12. Resource Allocation and Rationing in Nursing Care
• 13. Values-based Nursing and Fitness to Practice Issues
• 14. Ethical Principles in Healthcare Research
• 15. Clinical and Organisational Ethics: Implications for Healthcare Practice. .