Research Catalog

Title

Ethics & issues in contemporary nursing / Margaret A. Burkhardt, Alvita K. Nathaniel.

Author

Burkhardt, Margaret A.

Publication

Australia : Cengage Learning, 2014.

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Additional Authors

Nathaniel, Alvita K.

Description

xxi, 538 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Ethics and issues in contemporary nursing

Subject

• Nursing ethics
• Ethics, Nursing
• Interprofessional Relations
• Moral Development
• Patient Advocacy
• Professional Autonomy

Note

• Previous edition: Clifton Park, N.Y.: Delmar, 2008.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Guides for principled behavior. Social, philosophical, and other historical forces influencing the development of nursing -- Ethical theory -- Ethical principles -- Pt. 2. Developing principled behavior. Values clarification -- Values development -- Ethics and professional nursing -- Ethical decision making -- Pt. 3. Principled behavior in the professional domain. Legal issues -- Professional relationship issues -- Practice issues related to technology -- Practice issues related to patient self-determination -- Scholarship issues -- Pt. 4. Global issues that interface with nursing practice. Global consciousness in the twenty-first century -- Health policy issues -- Economic issues -- Social issues -- Gender issues -- Transcultural and spiritual issues -- Pt. 5. The power to make a difference. Empowerment for nurses -- Facilitating patient empowerment.

ISBN

• 9781133129165 (pbk.)
• 1133129161 (pbk.)

LCCN

2013936711

OCLC

• ocn840431968
• 840431968
• SCSB-8882898

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries