Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780729544283 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Megan-Jane Johnstone

Spis treści

1. Professional standards and the requirement to be ethical
2. Ethics, bioethics and nursing ethics: some working definitions
3. Moral theory and the ethical practice of nursing
4. Moral problems in nursing and health care contexts
5. Moral decision making in nursing and health care
6. Cross-cultural ethics and the ethical practice of nursing
7. Ethics, dehumanisation and vulnerable populations
8. Patients' rights to and in health care
9. Ethical issues in mental health care
10. Ethical issues in end-of-life care
11. The moral politics of abortion and euthanasia
12. Professional judgment, moral quandaries and taking 'appropriate action'
13. Professional obligations to report harmful behaviours: risks to patient safety, child abuse and elder abuse
14. Pandemic ethics
15. Ethics and public health emergencies: climate change, AMR, health inequities, and emergency preparedness