Now in its fourth edition, Ethics in Healthcare 4e approaches the topic of ethics from the perspective of the nurse and offers a viewpoint on the many ethical questions he or she has to deal with every day. This established and accessible text takes a fresh look at the question of cultural diversity and explains why the profession of nursing has to adhere to a common value system.

Main Updates In This Edition

The chapter on legal liability has been rewritten to form a central reference point of the text. The chapter on the teaching of ethics and the ethics of teaching, in addition to exploring the question of the moral development of the student, has been revised to illuminate the manner and matter of nursing and healthcare education.

Key Features

• Perspectives on healthcare ethics
• Perspectives on ethical theory, principles and decision-making in healthcare
• Perspectives on rights and relationships in healthcare practice
• Perspectives on transcultural issues in healthcare practice
• Perspectives on ethical issues in healthcare practice

Part 1: Perspectives on healthcare ethics

Chapter 1: The moral and ethical foundation of nursing

Chapter 2: The caring ethic in nursing

Part 2: Perspectives on ethical theory, principles and decision-making in healthcare

Chapter 3: Ethical theory and decision-making in healthcare

Chapter 4: Ethical principles and rules in moral decision-making and professional-patient relationships

Part 3: Perspectives on rights and relationships in healthcare practice

Chapter 5: Human rights and legal liability in nursing practice

Chapter 6: Ethical concerns in relationships between nurses, patients, family members and members of the healthcare team

Chapter 7: Ethical concerns in relationships between nurses, their employing authorities and trade unions

Chapter 8: The rights of patients and nurses in healthcare

Part 4: Perspectives on transcultural issues in healthcare practice

Chapter 9: Dealing with cultural differences

Chapter 10: Religious and cultural forces in transcultural nursing

Part 5: Perspectives on ethical issues in healthcare practice

Chapter 11: Nursing and healthcare issues from the beginning of life to adolescence

Chapter 12: Nursing and healthcare issues from the beginning of adulthood to the end of life

Chapter 13: Ethical perspectives in caring for HIV/Aids patients

Chapter 14: Management ethics

Chapter 15: The teaching of ethics and the ethics of teaching

Chapter 16: Ethics in research

Nursing student, practising nurse, all healthcare professionals.