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  1. Older Persons' Ethical Problems Involving Their Health.Miriam E. Cameron - 2002 - Nursing Ethics 9 (5):537-556.
    Although older persons (aged 65 years and older) experience stressful ethical problems involving their health, research is lacking about this phenomenon. The purpose of this study was to describe and examine the content and basic nature of older persons’ ethical problems concerning their health. The conceptual framework and method combined ethical enquiry and phenomenology. The participants were 18 older persons and 12 of their children or grandchildren (for contextual understanding). The 19 women and 11 men, 73% of whom were Caucasian, (...)
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  • Social justice and the Canadian Nurses Association: justifying equity.Stephen Wilmot - 2012 - Nursing Philosophy 13 (1):15-26.
    This paper considers the social justice initiative of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA). It focuses mainly on the two editions of the CNA's discussion document on social justice, and particularly on its emphasis on the principle of equity. The paper considers whether a coherent justification can be made for the CNA's espousal of equity, and the discussion focuses in turn on the principle of equity itself and on the CNA's position in relation to equity. A body of arguments supporting an (...)
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  • Undertaking the Role of Patient Advocate: a longitudinal study of nursing students.Insaf Altun & Nermin Ersoy - 2003 - Nursing Ethics 10 (5):462-471.
    Patient advocacy has been claimed as a new role for professional nurses and many codes of ethics for nurses state that they act as patient advocates. Nursing education is faced with the challenge of preparing nurses for this role. In this article we describe the results of a study that considered the tendencies of a cohort of nursing students at the Kocaeli University School of Nursing to act as advocates and to respect patients’ rights, and how their capacities to do (...)
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  • Levels of Intervention: How Are They Used in Quebec Hospitals?Marjolaine Frenette, Jocelyne Saint-Arnaud & Karim Serri - 2017 - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 14 (2).
    In order to promote better practices and communication around end-of-life decision-making, several Canadian hospitals in the province of Quebec have developed a tool called “Levels of Intervention”. No work to date has been published demonstrating improvement since these forms were implemented. The purpose of the present study was to obtain information about the use of LOI forms across Quebec hospitals and to identify gaps in practice as well as areas for improvement. A retrospective study was undertaken of 299 charts of (...)
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