BookJanie B. Butts, Karen L. Rich.
Summary: The fifth edition of Nursing Ethics: Across the Curriculum and Into Practice has been revised to reflect the most current issues in healthcare ethics including new cases, laws, and policies. The text continues to be divided into three sections: Foundational Theories, Concepts and Professional Issues; Moving Into Ethics Across the Lifespan; and Ethics Related to Special Issues focused on specific populations and nursing roles. The text includes legal features sections in most chapters, an expanded appendix of case studies with suggestions for discussion, and ethical reflections questions in each chapter. This new edition will also include an appendix focused on simulation suggestions, heavier coverage of ethics and terrorism, and stronger coverage of immigration and the importance of remaining unbiased a healthcare provider."--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction to ethics
Introduction to bioethics and ethical decision making
Ethics in professional nursing practice
Reproductive issues and nursing ethics
Infant and child nursing ethics
Adolescent nursing ethics
Adult health nursing ethics
Ethics and the nursing care of elders
Ethical issues in end-of-life nursing care
Psychiatric/mental health nursing ethics
Public health nursing ethics
Ethics in organizations and leadership.
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