Nursing ethics /
Thompson, Ian E.
Nursing ethics / Ian E. Thompson [and three others]. - Fifth edition. - Saint Louis, Missouri : Elsevier Health Sciences, c2006 - x, 433 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Front Cover; Nursing Ethics; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction -- Ethics in nursing -- continuity and change; Ethics in nursing today; Changes with a bearing on nursing ethics; Preparation for practice; Professional accountability and the lay perspective; 'Nursing ethics' or 'healthcare ethics'?; Change and continuity; The perennial and current issues in nursing; The relevance of research in nursing and applied ethics; Teaching ethics in nursing; The place of moral theory in practical nursing ethics; Competency-based training and virtue ethics. Structure of the bookFurther reading; Part 1: Cultural issues, methods and approaches to nursing ethics; Chapter 1. Nursing ethics: historical, cultural and professional perspectives; Part A: Nursing, professions and history; The history and logic of professionalism; The growth of modern professions; Loss of trust; Modernity; Scapegoating; Responding to the current challenges to professionalism; Part B: Foundations of ethics -- religious, cultural and philosophical; Sources of inspiration for ethics; Quest for the foundations of ethics; Shared and changing values. Cultural diversity and common ethical principlesConstitutive and regulative principles in ethics; Conflict, change and stability in human life and values; Further reading; Chapter 2. Nursing ethics -- what do we mean by 'ethics'?; Part A: Ethics -- issues of power and responsibility; Ethics and the ethos of a community; Individual and social dimensions of ethical responsibility; Changing perceptions of the relationship of the individual and community; Ethics and politics -- questions of power and questions of principle; Different levels or spheres of responsibility. Part B: Ethics -- some basic conceptual distinctions and definitionsWhat do we mean by 'ethics' and/or 'morals'?; Considering what ethics is and is not; The relations between right and wrong, good and bad, virtue and vice; The structure of moral action and moral theory; Moral problems and moral dilemmas; Making ethical decisions we can justify; Fundamental ethical principles; Fundamental ethical principles in the context of healthcare; Confronting three types of moral relativism; Further reading; Part 2: Socialisation, professionalisation and nursing values. Chapter 3. Becoming a nurse and member of the professionIntroduction -- sociological perspectives on nursing and ethics; Nursing: informal and professional; The role of the media; Conceptions of care; Socialisation: care settings; Reflection on practice; Further reading; Chapter 4. Power and responsibility in nursing practice and management; Power and moral responsibility; Four models for the ethics of carer-client relations; Power relations in interprofessional teamwork; Further reading; Chapter 5. Professional responsibility and accountability in nursing; Introduction.
Offers an account of ethical issues affecting nurses and other health care practitioners. This book offers an approach with focus on ethical issues that might be encountered by health practitioners in training, in practice and in management. It discusses the role of moral theory and gives practical models for ethical decision-making.
9780443101380
NURSING ETHICS
RT 85 .T46 2006
Nursing ethics / Ian E. Thompson [and three others]. - Fifth edition. - Saint Louis, Missouri : Elsevier Health Sciences, c2006 - x, 433 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Front Cover; Nursing Ethics; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction -- Ethics in nursing -- continuity and change; Ethics in nursing today; Changes with a bearing on nursing ethics; Preparation for practice; Professional accountability and the lay perspective; 'Nursing ethics' or 'healthcare ethics'?; Change and continuity; The perennial and current issues in nursing; The relevance of research in nursing and applied ethics; Teaching ethics in nursing; The place of moral theory in practical nursing ethics; Competency-based training and virtue ethics. Structure of the bookFurther reading; Part 1: Cultural issues, methods and approaches to nursing ethics; Chapter 1. Nursing ethics: historical, cultural and professional perspectives; Part A: Nursing, professions and history; The history and logic of professionalism; The growth of modern professions; Loss of trust; Modernity; Scapegoating; Responding to the current challenges to professionalism; Part B: Foundations of ethics -- religious, cultural and philosophical; Sources of inspiration for ethics; Quest for the foundations of ethics; Shared and changing values. Cultural diversity and common ethical principlesConstitutive and regulative principles in ethics; Conflict, change and stability in human life and values; Further reading; Chapter 2. Nursing ethics -- what do we mean by 'ethics'?; Part A: Ethics -- issues of power and responsibility; Ethics and the ethos of a community; Individual and social dimensions of ethical responsibility; Changing perceptions of the relationship of the individual and community; Ethics and politics -- questions of power and questions of principle; Different levels or spheres of responsibility. Part B: Ethics -- some basic conceptual distinctions and definitionsWhat do we mean by 'ethics' and/or 'morals'?; Considering what ethics is and is not; The relations between right and wrong, good and bad, virtue and vice; The structure of moral action and moral theory; Moral problems and moral dilemmas; Making ethical decisions we can justify; Fundamental ethical principles; Fundamental ethical principles in the context of healthcare; Confronting three types of moral relativism; Further reading; Part 2: Socialisation, professionalisation and nursing values. Chapter 3. Becoming a nurse and member of the professionIntroduction -- sociological perspectives on nursing and ethics; Nursing: informal and professional; The role of the media; Conceptions of care; Socialisation: care settings; Reflection on practice; Further reading; Chapter 4. Power and responsibility in nursing practice and management; Power and moral responsibility; Four models for the ethics of carer-client relations; Power relations in interprofessional teamwork; Further reading; Chapter 5. Professional responsibility and accountability in nursing; Introduction.
Offers an account of ethical issues affecting nurses and other health care practitioners. This book offers an approach with focus on ethical issues that might be encountered by health practitioners in training, in practice and in management. It discusses the role of moral theory and gives practical models for ethical decision-making.
9780443101380
NURSING ETHICS
RT 85 .T46 2006