Nursing & Healthcare Ethics

The sixth edition of this popular text covers ethical issues affecting nurses and other healthcare professionals, taking a holistic and practical approach. It emphasizes the responsibility of professionals and leaders and the importance of shared responsibility in healthcare. The revised edition includes contemporary topics such as the duty of candour, recent cases, and ethical perspectives on vulnerable groups. It builds on professional identity and personal development and provides interactive ways to develop reflective ethical practice. The text aims to enable ethical engagement with the ever-changing healthcare environment and is a must-have for anyone serious about ethics in healthcare.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 01 April 2021
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

In its sixth edition, this widely acclaimed text delves into the diverse range of ethical dilemmas confronting nurses and other healthcare professionals. Authored by Simon Robinson and Owen Doody, the book adopts a holistic and practical approach, emphasizing the interplay between ethical decision-making and its connection to professional, leadership, and governance ethics in the contemporary healthcare landscape. Central to its focus is the examination of the responsibilities of professionals and leaders, as well as the significance of shared responsibility in the practice of healthcare. The revised edition, with a foreword by esteemed medical ethicist Alastair Campbell, incorporates contemporary topics such as the duty of candour, recent cases like the Mid Staffs scandal, and ethical perspectives on vulnerable groups, including individuals with intellectual/learning disabilities, dementia, and those with enduring mental illnesses. Building upon professional identity and personal development as integral components of ongoing learning, both individual and organizational, the text offers interactive approaches that facilitate the development of reflective ethical practice. Its primary objective is to empower ethical engagement with the ever-evolving healthcare environment, making it an indispensable resource for those who are deeply committed to ethics in healthcare.

The book adopts a holistic and practical approach, emphasizing the interplay between ethical decision-making and its connection to professional, leadership, and governance ethics in the contemporary healthcare landscape. Central to its focus is the examination of the responsibilities of professionals and leaders, as well as the significance of shared responsibility in the practice of healthcare. The revised edition, with a foreword by esteemed medical ethicist Alastair Campbell, incorporates contemporary topics such as the duty of candour, recent cases like the Mid Staffs scandal, and ethical perspectives on vulnerable groups, including individuals with intellectual/learning disabilities, dementia, and those with enduring mental illnesses. Building upon professional identity and personal development as integral components of ongoing learning, both individual and organizational, the text offers interactive approaches that facilitate the development of reflective ethical practice. Its primary objective is to empower ethical engagement with the ever-evolving healthcare environment, making it an indispensable resource for those who are deeply committed to ethics in healthcare.

Weight: 432g
Dimension: 151 x 228 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780702079047
Edition number: 6 ed