Ethical Issues in Nursing

This is the first book to take nursing ethics beyond stock 'moral concepts' to a critical examination of the fundamental assumptions underlying the very nature of nursing. It takes as its point of departure the difficulties nurses experience practising within the confines of a bioethical model of health and illness and a hierarchical, technocratic health care system. The contributors go on to deal openly and honestly with controversial issues faced by nurses, such as euthanasia and HIV.

About the author

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.

Summary

This is the first book to take nursing ethics beyond stock 'moral concepts' to a critical examination of the fundamental assumptions underlying the very nature of nursing. It takes as its point of departure the difficulties nurses experience practising within the confines of a bioethical model of health and illness and a hierarchical, technocratic health care system. The contributors go on to deal openly and honestly with controversial issues faced by nurses, such as euthanasia and HIV.

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Hunt, Hunt Geoffrey
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 09.06.1994
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works
• EAN: 9780415081450
• ISBN: 978-0-415-08145-0
• Pages: 248
• Dimensions (packing): 13.8 x 21.6 cm
• Weight (packing): 460 g
• Series: Professional Ethics
• Subjects: MEDICAL / Ethics, Nursing, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Patient autonomy, qualitative research ethics, informed consent process, clinical ethics dilemmas, ethical frameworks in nursing practice, elderly care challenges, bioethical decision making