Nursing Ethics

Provides nursing students with the necessary knowledge and understanding of the ethical issues effecting nursing practice. This edition continues its role as a vital component of nursing education and provides a framework for students to understand the obligations, responsibilities and ethical challenges they will face.

This unique text traces the injustices that have occured as a result of past and present nursing laws. Written in a clear, succinct manner, the book contains situations and cases from three common law countries--the US, England, and Australia. A stimulating and thought-provoking book.

Every day nurses are required to make ethical decisions in the course of caring for their patients. Ethics in Nursing Practice provides the background necessary to understand ethical decision making and its implications for patient care. The authors focus on the individual nurse's responsibilities, as well as considering the wider issues affecting patients, colleagues and society as a whole. This third edition is fully updated, and takes into account recent changes in ICN position statements, WHO documents, as well as addressing current issues in healthcare, such as providing for the health and care needs of refugees and asylum seekers, bioethics and the enforcement of nursing codes.