This paper raises the questions: 'What do we expect from nursing ethics?' and 'Is the literature of nursing ethics any different from that of medical ethics?' It is suggested that rather than develop nursing ethics as a separate field writers in nursing ethics should take a lead in making the patient the central focus of health care ethics. The case is made for empirical work in health care ethics and it is suggested that a good way of setting about this (...) is to ask practising nurses about the real ethical problems they encounter. (shrink)

Concisely, humanistic nursing practice theory proposes that nursesconsciously and deliberately approach nursing as an existentialexperience. Then, they reflect on the experience and phenomenologicallydescribe the calls they receive, their responses, and what they come toknow from their presence in the nursing situation. It is believed thatcompilation and complementary syntheses of these phenomenologicaldescriptions over time will build and make explicit a science ofnursing.Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests (...) or need any help you can just send an email to [email protected] This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via [email protected]. (shrink)

Presents details of nursing cases and provides the base for a description of cases, an investigation of the natural history of the development cases and the formulation and validation of nursing diagnostic and regulatory technologies.

This edition continues the debate on bioethical issues in nursing and health care. Revised chapters include discussions on transcultural ethics in nursing practice, and homophobia and the moral entitlement of AIDS and HIV-positive patients.

Die Beiträge der Aufsatzsammlung versuchen auf theoretischer und auch auf praktischer Ebene das Konzept des "caring" (Care = umfassende oder auch ganzheitliche Pflege im Gegensatz zur medizinischen Assistenz) als notwendigen Bestandteil der Krankenpflege zu etablieren. Im Vordergrund stehen dabei kulturell differente Ansätze der umfassenden Pflege.