Nursing ethics through the life span

Author(s)

• Bandman, Elsie L.
• Bandman, Bertram

Bibliographic Information

Nursing ethics through the life span

Elsie L. Bandman, Bertram Bandman

Prentice-Hall, c2002

4th ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

For undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Fundamentals of Nursing, Nursing Ethics, or Issues and Trends. This interdisciplinary text guides students and practitioners to make ethically justifiable decisions in patient care. The text gives nurses a comprehensive basis for understanding the application of ethical principles throughout the life span. It explores both traditional and contemporary theories and acknowledges changing issues and trends in health care that affect the role of nurses.

Table of Contents

I. MORAL PATHWAYS IN NURSING. 1. The Moral Significance of Nursing. 2. Models of Professional Relationships. 3. Self-Interest Morality. 4. Virtue Ethics in Nursing. 5. Consequentialist or Utilitarian Ethics. 6. Duty-Based Ethics: Universal Moral Principles. 7. Rights-Based Ethics. 8. Ethical Decision Making in Nursing. II. NURSING ETHICS THROUGH THE LIFE SPAN. 9. Nursing Ethics in the Procreative Family. 10. Ethics and the Problem of Abortion. 11. Ethical Issues in the Nursing Care of Infants. 12. Ethical Issues in the Nursing Care of Children. 13. Ethical Issues in the Nursing Care of Adolescents. 14. Ethical Issues in the Nursing Care of Adults. 15. Ethical Issues in the Nursing Care of the Elderly. 16. Ethical Issues in the Nursing Care of the Dying. Glossary of Selected Terms. Appendix. Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA52051766
• ISBN:
  • 0838569765
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Upper Saddle River, NJ.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 333 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Nursing ethics
  • MESH : Ethics, Nursing