Patients’ rights to and in health care
Learning Objectives Upon the completion of this chapter and with further self-directed learning you are expected to be able to: • Discuss the relationship between patients’ / clients’ rights and human rights….
Ethical issues in mental health care
Learning Objectives Upon the completion of this chapter and with further self-directed learning you are expected to be able to: • Discuss critically why a charter of rights and responsibilities…
Professional judgment, moral quandaries and taking ‘appropriate action’
Learning Objectives Upon the completion of this chapter and with further self-directed learning you are expected to be able to: • Identify at least four key areas in which nurses…
Ethical issues in end-of-life care
Learning Objectives Upon the completion of this chapter and with further self-directed learning you are expected to be able to: • Discuss critically ‘Not For Treatment (NFT)’ directives and ‘Not…
Ethics, dehumanisation and vulnerable populations
Learning Objectives Upon the completion of this chapter and with further self-directed learning you are expected to be able to: • Discuss critically the notion of vulnerability. • Define dehumanisation…
Moral theory and the ethical practice of nursing
Learning Objectives Upon the completion of this chapter and with further self-directed learning you are expected to be able to: • Explain moral justification. • Discuss critically the importance of…
Moral problems and moral decision-making in nursing and health care contexts
Learning Objectives Upon the completion of this chapter and with further self-directed learning you are expected to be able to: • Discuss the three distinguishing features of a moral problem….
The moral politics of abortion and euthanasia
Learning Objectives Upon the completion of this chapter and with further self-directed learning you are expected to be able to: • Discuss critically the nature of morality policy and what…
Nursing ethics futures – challenges in the 21st century
Learning Objectives Upon the completion of this chapter and with further self-directed learning you are expected to be able to: • Identify at least five ‘whole-of-world’ scenarios that are going…
Professional obligations to report harmful behaviours: Risks to patient safety, child abuse and elder abuse
Learning Objectives Upon the completion of this chapter and with further self-directed learning you are expected to be able to: • Define ‘notifiable conduct’ as set out in legislative provisions…
