Books in Nursing ethics law and philosophy

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Nursing & Healthcare Ethics

• 6th Edition
• March 8, 2021
• Simon Robinson + 1 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-7020-7904-7

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• eBook 978-0-7020-8013-5

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Now in its sixth edition, this highly popular text covers the range of ethical issues affecting nurses and other healthcare professionals. Authors Simon Robinson and Owen Doody take a holistic and practical approach, focused in the dialogue of ethical decision making and how this connects professional, leadership and governance ethics in the modern healthcare environment. This focuses on the responsibility of professionals and leaders, and the importance of shared responsibility in the practice of healthcare. With a foreword by the eminent medical ethicist Alastair Campbell, the revised edition includes contemporary topics, such as the duty of candour, recent cases, such as the Mid Staffs scandal, and ethical perspectives on vulnerable groups, such as; persons with intellectual/learning disability, dementia and those with an enduring mental illness. It builds on professional identity and personal development as part of ongoing learning, individual and organizational, and provides interactive ways that helps the reader to develop reflective ethical practice. This text aims to enable ethical engagement with the ever changing healthcare environment, and is a must-have for anyone serious about ethics in healthcare.

Current Issues In Nursing

• 8th Edition
• February 8, 2010
• Perle Slavik Cowen + 1 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-323-06571-9

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• eBook 978-0-323-29319-8

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Current Issues in Nursing provides a forum for knowledgeable debate on the important issues that nurses face today. This resource provides the opportunity to analyze conflicting viewpoints and develop your own thoughts on demands being made for the nursing profession and the difficult issues affecting today's health care delivery. Continually praised for its in-depth discussion of critical issues, solid organization of material, and encouragement of independent thinking, you’ll find this text a valuable resource in the modern world of nursing.

Bioethics - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource

• 5th Edition
• November 4, 2008
• Megan-Jane Johnstone
• English
• eBook 978-0-7295-7873-8

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The 5th edition of Bioethics provides nursing students with the necessary knowledge and understanding of the ethical issues effecting nursing practice. Groundbreaking in its first edition, Bioethics continues its role as a vital component of nursing education and provides a framework for students to understand the obligations, responsibilities and ethical challenges they will be presented with throughout their careers. This latest edition responds to new and emerging developments in the field and marks a significant turning point in nursing ethics in that it serves not only to inform but also to revitalise and progress debate on the issues presented.

Ethics, Law and the Veterinary Nurse

• 1st Edition
• July 25, 2006
• Sophie Pullen + 1 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-7506-8844-4

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This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Having an awareness of the law is an invaluable resource, especially for those in the veterinary field. Ethics, Law, and the Veterinary Nurse addresses the laws and ethics specifically related to veterinary nursing with knowledge. The book's expert authors use their experience in teaching and law to create an essential resource for veterinary nurses. Case examples illustrate various issues and highlight the relevance of these to everyday practice, plus the book covers regulation, representation, research ethics, and the Veterinary Surgeon's Act for a complete handbook to law and ethics as they relate to veterinary nursing.

Nursing Ethics

• 5th Edition
• June 14, 2006
• Ian E. Thompson + 3 more
• English
• eBook 978-0-7020-3345-2

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This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The authors have developed a holistic approach that explores: ethics in hospital and community settings, inter-disciplinary teamwork, ward and hospital management, nursing research, performance management and the political ethics of nursing administration, health service re-structuring and reform. The content has been substantially revised for this edition and significant new material added to reflect developments in theory and practice.

Mothers and Midwives

• 1st Edition
• November 7, 2003
• Faye Thompson
• English
• Paperback 978-0-7506-8776-8

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A framework of ethics specific to midwifery and derived from midwifery practice that takes ethical discourse beyond current literature, proposing strategies for ethical practice based on findings arising out of the profession itself.

Ethics in Nursing

• 3rd Edition
• February 19, 2003
• Verena Tschudin
• English
• Paperback 978-0-7506-5265-0

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This new edition of a highly regarded standard text continues to focus on an ethic of care, while significantly enhancing and strengthening its theoretical basis. Extensively revised and updated in both content and approach, the third edition:o addresses many of the current pressing issues in nursingo emphasises the importance of relationships in health careo examines the process of decision makingo uses an four-questions model for ethical decision makingo offers material to stimulate discussiono considers the international dimensions of nursing ethicso includes the newly published NMC Code of Professional Conduct 2002For nurses who practise primary nursing and who are therefore in a special relationship with their patients, this book is particularly appropriate. However, any nurse, whether qualified or in training, will find it easy to read, constructive and thought-provoking.

Ethics in Midwifery

• 2nd Edition
• September 26, 2000
• Shirley R. Jones
• English
• Paperback 978-0-7234-3172-5

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This book examines the principles and realities of ethics in midwifery practice today. It explains basic ethical theory, looking at how dilemmas occur and the ethical bases on which conflicts can be resolved. Through a series of case studies, options and issues for consideration are reviewed, particularly in areas of increasing concern and debate such as confidentiality, autonomy, screening, abortion, assisted conception and withholding treatment.This book will be of value to all students and practicing midwives who need to understand the principles and practice of ethics, especially how to apply ethical thought and action in their own day-to-day work.