With the opening of physical barriers and borders, European nurses have new opportunities to share knowledge and develop fresh insights by working and studying throughout Europe. This book aims to assist this process by discussion of key ethical issues faced by nurses in a number of European countries. In doing so, it is hoped that the diverse cultural barriers, as well as the physical ones, can be lifted through increasing awareness and understanding.

This second volume in a series of three on European Nursing focuses on ethical considerations in nursing education, research and management. Authors with considerable experience of European health care are brought together to give a truly multinational view that will stimulate discussion and debate. An overview of European traditions in moral philosophy is provided to increase awareness of the differing perspectives to be found across Europe.