Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition. As the healthcare professional in closest contact with both the patient and the physician, nurses face biomedical ethical problems in unique ways. Accordingly, Case Studies in Nursing Ethics presents basic ethical principles and specific guidance for applying these principles in nursing practice, through analysis of over 150 actual case study conflicts that have occurred in nursing practice. Each case study allows readers to develop their own approaches to the resolution of ethical conflict and to reflect on how the traditions of ethical thought and professional guidelines apply to the situation. The Fourth Edition has been completely revised and updated. It includes two new chapters, one on Moral Integrity and Moral Distress which contains AACN model of moral distress and work and one on Respect which addresses several aspects of the general problem of showing r
As a clinical ethicist, I was deeply impressed by how much I learned within the pages of this book.” –Kayla Tabari-House, MBE, RN, HEC-C Clinical Ethicist, Providence St. Joseph Health Healthcare delivery can present ethical conflicts ...
Cross- Cultural Perspectives in Medical Ethics, Second Edition, is an anthology of the latest and best readings on the medical ethics of as many of the major religious, philosophical, and medical traditions that are available today.
Medical Association . Those principles include the position that whether or not the records are given to the patient " rests with the decision of the doctor who knows all the circumstances involved in the situation .
... who both lived abroad, were visiting their mother and were finding it difficult to see her deteriorate. They took one of the community nurses aside and asked that she arrange admission to a hospice. The nurse was aware that Noreen ...
In this new edition, the materials in each chapter have been updated to reflect recent developments in nursing and more generally in health care. In addition, a totally new chapter on ethical theory has been added.
The book is organized around six main concepts in health care ethics: beneficence, autonomy, truthfulness, confidentiality, justice, and integrity. A chapter is devoted to the elucidation of each of these concepts.
The second edition accounts for the many changes in pharmacy since 1999, including assisted suicide in Oregon, the purchasing of less expensive drugs from Canada, and the influence of managed care on prescriptions.
The fifth edition of Nursing Ethics has been revised to reflect the most current issues in healthcare ethics including new cases, laws, and policies.
The volume is enhanced by opening text boxes in each chapter that cross-reference relevant cases in other chapters, an appendix of important ethical codes, and a glossary of key terms.
However, capacity to decide is a matter of degree, and for those whose impairment is not so stark what it means to respect autonomy is complex. Patients with diminished capacity to make treatment decisions or who do not meet the ...