| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xxvii, 460 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ethics and values in nursing. Values in health and illness ; The nurse and moral authority -- Ethical issues in nursing. Benefiting the patient and others: the duty to produce good and avoid harm ; Justice: the allocation of health resources ; The principle of autonomy ; Veracity ; Fidelity ; The sanctity of human life -- Special problem areas in nursing practice. Abortion, contraception, and sterilization ; Genetics, birth, and the biological revolution ; Psychiatry and the control of human behavior ; HIV/AIDS care ; Experimentation on human beings ; Consent and the right to refuse treatment ; Death and dying. |
| Subject |
Nursing ethics -- Case studies.
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Ethics, Nursing -- Case Reports.
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| Added Author |
Veatch, Robert M.
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| ISBN |
0763730378 |
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