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Author:   Geoffrey Hunt (St. Mary's University College, UK) ,  Geoffrey Hunt
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415081443

ISBN 10:   0415081440
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   09 June 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Geoffrey Hunt; Part 1 Specific issues; Chapter 1 Nursing and informed consent, Deborah Taplin; Chapter 2 The observation of intimate aspects of care, Paul Wainwright; Chapter 3 Choice and risk in the care of elderly people, Linda Smith; Chapter 4 Caring for patients who cannot or will not eat, Julie Fenton; Chapter 5 Disabled people and the ethics of nursing research, Maddie Blackburn; Chapter 6 Ethical issues in HIV/AIDS epidemiology, Ann Kennedy; Part 2 General issues; Chapter 7 Nursing accountability, Geoffrey Hunt; Chapter 8 The value of codes of conduct, Andrew Edgar; Chapter 9 In the patient’s best interests, Ann P. Young; Chapter 10 Nursing and the concept of care, Linda Hanford; Chapter 11 ‘Medical judgement’ and the right time to die, Anne Maclean; Chapter 12 Nurse time as a scarce health care resource, Donna Dickenson;

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'Will help nurses and their trainers explore many of the issues affecting the working practice of those who enter the profession ... will be of interest to all the caring professions and would open the eyes of those who criticise and condemn people working within the National Health Service.' - Health & Healing 'Anyone interested in the nursing approach to health care will find it most illuminating.' - Ethics & Medicine

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Geoffrey Hunt is the first philosopher to have been employed by the National Health Service. In 1992, his controversial National Centre for Nursing Ethics at the Hammersmith Hospital was closed down, reopening in 1993 at the University of East London. He has published widely in social philosophy and the ethics of health care.

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