Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing

Joseph P. DeMarco, Gary E. Jones, Barbara J. Daly (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2019
Broadview Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55481-396-4 (ISBN)

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Provides a comprehensive introduction to the many ethical and legal issues that arise in the practice of nursing. Ethical analysis is supplemented with the rigorous discussion of precedents from the American legal system as well as the requirements of professional codes operating at the national and state levels.

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the many ethical and legal issues that arise in the practice of nursing. Ethical analysis is supplemented with rigorous discussion of precedents from the American legal system as well as the requirements of professional codes operating at the national and state levels. Topics include informed consent, end-of-life treatment, impaired decisional capacity, privacy and confidentiality, and much more.

Joseph P. DeMarco is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Cleveland State University. Gary E. Jones is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego and a member of the California Bar Association. Barbara J. Daly is the Gertrude Perkins Oliva Professor in Oncology Nursing at Case Western Reserve University and Clinical Ethicist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.

Chapter 1: Moral Decision-Making: Theory and Practice
Chapter 2: Regulation of Nursing
Chapter 3: Informed Consent
Chapter 4: End of Life and the Refusal of Treatment
Chapter 5: Privacy and Confidentiality
Chapter 6: Impaired Decisional Capacity
Chapter 7: Integrity and Advocacy

Erscheinungsdatum	01.04.2019
Verlagsort	Peterborough
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 229 mm
Gewicht	448 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	1-55481-396-4 / 1554813964
ISBN-13	978-1-55481-396-4 / 9781554813964
Zustand	Neuware