Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Part 1: Preparation for Ethical Decision MakingChapter 1. Value Formation and Value ConflictsChapter 2. The Discipline of EthicsChapter 3. Ethical Concepts for Nursing PracticeChapter 4. Standards for Ethical BehaviourChapter 5. A Decision-Making Model for Ethical and Cultural Diversity in Nursing PracticePart 2: Ethical Responsibility of the NurseChapter 6. Promoting HealthChapter 7. Preventing IllnessChapter 8. Restoring HealthChapter 9. Alleviating SufferingPart 3: Applying Ethics to Nursing PracticeChapter 10. Nurses and PeopleChapter 11. Nurses and PracticeChapter 12. Nurses and the ProfessionChapter 13. Nurses and Co-WorkersAppendices Index

Reviews

"This timely second edition from the International Council of Nurses leaves readers with much to contemplate in these troubled times, as complex ethical dilemmas in nursing care continue to arise."Candian Nurse "Truly an international book...easy to use and readily applicable throughout...Ethics is a very dry and often dreaded subject in the nursing curricular, but this book makes it accessible and is surprisingly readable." Accident and Emergency Nursing '...an essential text for all nursing students whether pre- or post-registration.' Journal of Advanced Nursing 'This is a scholarly work that is readable without being patronizing and, more importantly, moves the study of ethics from abstract theorizing to the concrete empirical world of nursing.' Journal of Advanced Nursing