Case studies in nursing ethics.

Fry, Sara T. (Author). Veatch, Robert M. (Added Author). Taylor, Carol, CSFN. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780763780319 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0763780316
Physical Description: print
xxix, 506 p. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 4th ed. /
Publisher: Sudbury, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Values in health and illness -- The nurse and moral authority -- Moral integrity and moral distress -- Benefiting the patient and others : the duty to produce good and avoid harm -- Justice : the allocation of health resources -- Respect -- The principle of autonomy -- Veracity -- Fidelity -- The sanctity of human life -- Abortion, contraception, and sterilization -- Genetics, birth, and the biological revolution -- Psychiatry and the control of human behavior -- HIV/AIDS care -- Experimentation on human beings -- Consent and the right to refuse treatment -- Death and dying.