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Author:   Megan-Jane Johnstone, AO, PhD, BA, RN (Independent Scholar; Formerly Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.)
Publisher:   Elsevier Australia
Imprint:   Elsevier Australia
Edition:   8th edition
ISBN:  

9780729544283

ISBN 10:   0729544281
Pages:   422
Publication Date:   08 November 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780729587662
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Professional standards and the requirement to be ethical 2. Ethics, bioethics and nursing ethics: some working definitions 3. Moral theory and the ethical practice of nursing 4. Moral problems in nursing and health care contexts 5. Moral decision making in nursing and health care 6. Cross-cultural ethics and the ethical practice of nursing 7. Ethics, dehumanisation and vulnerable populations 8. Patients' rights to and in health care 9. Ethical issues in mental health care 10. Ethical issues in end-of-life care 11. The moral politics of abortion and euthanasia 12. Professional judgment, moral quandaries and taking 'appropriate action' 13. Professional obligations to report harmful behaviours: risks to patient safety, child abuse and elder abuse 14. Pandemic ethics 15. Ethics and public health emergencies: climate change, AMR, health inequities, and emergency preparedness

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