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Bioethics : a nursing perspective

Author: Megan-Jane Johnstone
Publisher: Sydney ; Philadelphia : Harcourt Saunders, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 3rd edView all editions and formats
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"This classic work has been instrumental in establishing nursing ethics as a legitimate and discrete field of inquiry and practice, and covers the history and nature of bioethics and its relationship to nursing. Providing the framework for this third edition of Bioethics is a new and comprehensive definition of nursing ethics. This book will stimulate critical thinking and bring to life ethical issues and challenges  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Nurses' Instruction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Johnstone, Megan-Jane.
Bioethics.
Sydney ; Philadelphia : Harcourt Saunders, 1999
(OCoLC)607377533
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Megan-Jane Johnstone
ISBN: 0729534030 9780729534031
OCLC Number: 42432659
Description: xv, 546 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Ch. 1. The changing moral world and its implications for the nursing profession --
Ch. 2. 'Be good women but do not bother with a Code of Ethics' --
Ch. 3. Ethics, bioethics and nursing ethics: some working definitions --
Ch. 4. Theoretical perspectives informing ethical conduct --
Ch. 5. A feminist perspective on ethics and bioethics --
Ch. 6. A transcultural perspective on ethics and bioethics --
Ch. 7. Moral problems and moral decision-making in nursing --
Ch. 8. Patients' rights to and in health care --
Ch. 9. Human rights and the mentally ill --
Ch. 10. Ethical issues associated with the reporting of child abuse --
Ch. 11. Abortion and the nursing profession --
Ch. 12. Euthanasia and assisted suicide --
Ch. 13. Suicide and parasuicide --
Ch. 14. Quality of life, 'Not For Treatment' and 'Not For Resuscitation' directives --
Ch. 15. Taking a stand: conscientious objection, strike action and institutional ethics committees --
Ch. 16. Promoting ethical nursing practice.
Responsibility: Megan-Jane Johnstone.

Abstract:

"This classic work has been instrumental in establishing nursing ethics as a legitimate and discrete field of inquiry and practice, and covers the history and nature of bioethics and its relationship to nursing. Providing the framework for this third edition of Bioethics is a new and comprehensive definition of nursing ethics. This book will stimulate critical thinking and bring to life ethical issues and challenges that nurses will face in their careers."--BOOK JACKET.

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