Reacting against the dominance of obligation-based moral theories in both general and nursing ethics, the author proposes a 'strong' (action-guiding) account of a virtue-based approach to moral decision-making within contemporary nursing practice. Merits and criticisms of obligation and virtue-based
Nursing Ethics: A Principle-Based Approach
โ Scribed by Steven D. Edwards (auth.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 191
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Preliminary matters....Pages 3-16
A principle-based approach to nursing ethics....Pages 17-51
The level-three principles....Pages 52-89
Conflicts between principles....Pages 90-119
A challenge to the principle-based approach....Pages 120-155
The supererogatory nurse....Pages 156-173
Back Matter....Pages 174-182
โฆ Subjects
Nursing; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics
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