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Ethics for Nursing and Healthcare Practice
Kath Melia
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Description for Ethics for Nursing and Healthcare Practice
Paperback. Everyday clinical practice is steeped in ethical considerations, but discussion of ethics is often removed from these real-life situations. This book works in the gap between theory and practice. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; MQC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 240 x 9. Weight in Grams: 298.
Everyday clinical practice is steeped in ethical considerations, but discussion of ethics is often removed from these real-life situations. Kath M Melia′s new book works in the gap between theory and practice. The chapters tackle the main theories which form the discussion on ethics, and include practical case examples, which bring these theories into the clinical context. These classic and everyday cases challenge the reader to critically reflect on his/her own experiences and outlook.
Everyday clinical practice is steeped in ethical considerations, but discussion of ethics is often removed from these real-life situations. Kath M Melia′s new book works in the gap between theory and practice. The chapters tackle the main theories which form the discussion on ethics, and include practical case examples, which bring these theories into the clinical context. These classic and everyday cases challenge the reader to critically reflect on his/her own experiences and outlook.
The social, legal and professional regulation context is brought into the discussion throughout, to equip students with the knowledge that they need to make clinical ... Read more
Topics covered include:
- Beauchamp and Childress′ four principles of bioethics
- Rights
- Personal and individual conscience
- Moral philosophy
- The virtues/virtue ethics of the practitioner.
This book will be essential reading for pre-registration nursing students taking modules in ethics and law. It will also be a valuable text for postgraduates and qualified nurses, and students of health who need to gain an appreciation of ethics.
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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
297g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857029300
SKU
V9780857029300
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About Kath Melia
Kath Melia is Professor of Nursing, University of Edinbugh and author of Nursing Ethics, 4e (with Ian Thompson and Kenneth Boyd; Churchill Livingstone).
Reviews for Ethics for Nursing and Healthcare Practice
If you don’t know why nurses need to understand ethics – read the newspapers; if you want nurses to understand ethics – give them this book. This is well written with very practical examples with which nurses and nursing students can identify.
Roger Watson Kath Melia has captured the complex relationship between ethics, sociology and law in this book. ... Read more
Roger Watson Kath Melia has captured the complex relationship between ethics, sociology and law in this book. ... Read more