Bioethics : a nursing perspective /: a nursing perspective. ([2011?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Megan-Jane Johnstone.
• Authors: Johnstone, Megan-Jane
• Contents: Professional standards and the requirement to be ethical -- Ethics, bioethics and nursing ethics: some working definitions -- Moral theory and the ethical practice of nursing -- cross-cultural ethics and the ethical practice of nursing -- Moral problems and moral decision-making in nursing and health contexts -- Patients' right to and in health care -- Human rights and the mentally ill -- Ethical issues associated with the reporting of child abuse -- Abortion ethics and the nursing profession -- Euthanasia, assisted suicide and the nursing profession -- Ethical issues in suicide and parasuicide -- End-of-life decision-making and the nursing profession -- Taking a stand: conscientious objection, whistleblowing and reporting nursing errors -- Nursing ethics future, moral activism and meeting the challenge to be involved -- Indigenous perspectives.
• Edition: 5th ed
• Publisher Details: Sydney, N.S.W : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 174.2; Nursing ethics; Bioethics; Medical ethics; MEDICAL -- Ethics; Bioethics; Medical ethics; Nursing ethics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780729578738; 0729578739
• Related ISBNs: 9780729538732; 0729538737
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.