Full Description
This book is a comprehensive introduction to the many ethical and legal issues that arise in the practice of nursing. Ethical analysis is supplemented with rigorous discussion of precedents from the American legal system as well as the requirements of professional codes operating at the national and state levels. Topics include informed consent, end-of-life treatment, impaired decisional capacity, privacy and confidentiality, and much more.
Contents
Chapter 1: Moral Decision-Making: Theory and Practice
Chapter 2: Regulation of Nursing
Chapter 3: Informed Consent
Chapter 4: End of Life and the Refusal of Treatment
Chapter 5: Privacy and Confidentiality
Chapter 6: Impaired Decisional Capacity
Chapter 7: Integrity and Advocacy
