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Case Studies in Nursing Ethics

by: Fry, Sara T.; Veatch, Robert M.

Case Studies in Nursing Ethics

by: Fry, Sara T.; Veatch, Robert M.

ISBN 13:
9780763713331
ISBN 10:
0763713333
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 04/01/2000
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Summary

Boston College School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA. Presents a systematic application of ethical reasoning to nursing practice. Case studies are used to discuss situations faced by nurses in all areas of nursing practice. This edition has been revised, deleting irrelevant cases and adding relevant cases. Previous edition: c1995. Softcover.

Preface

List of Cases

Introduction Four Questions of Ethics

(1)

What Makes Right Acts Right?

(5)

What Kinds of Acts Are Right?

(3)

How Do Rules Apply to Specific Situations?

(1)

What Ought to Be Done in Specific Cases?

(1)

Endnotes

(3)

Part I Ethics and Values in Nursing

(48)

Values in Health and Illness

(25)

Identifying Evaluations in Nursing

(11)

Identifying Ethical Conflicts

(12)

Endnotes

(2)

The Nurse and Moral Authority

(21)

Introduction

(1)

The Authority of the Profession

(4)

The Authority of the Physician

(3)

The Authority of the Institution

(2)

The Authority of the Health Insurer

(2)

The Authority of Society

(3)

The Authority of the Patient

(4)

Endnotes

(2)

Part II Ethical Issues in Nursing

(146)

Benefiting the Patient and Others: The Duty to Produce Good and Avoid Harm

(26)

Benefit to the Client

(9)

Benefit to the Institution

(3)

Benefit to Society

(3)

Benefit to Identified Nonclients

(3)

Benefit to the Profession

(2)

Benefit to Oneself and One's Family

(2)

Endnotes

(2)

Justice: The Allocation of Health Resources

(23)

Justice among the Nurse's Patients

(7)

Justice between Patients and Others

103

(4)

Justice in Public Policy

107

(4)

Justice and Other Ethical Principles

111

(3)

Endnotes

114

(1)

The Principle of Autonomy

115

(20)

Diminished Capacity to Claim Autonomy

116

(5)

External Constraints on Autonomy

121

(5)

Overriding Autonomy

126

(8)

Endnotes

134

(1)

Veracity

135

(21)

The Condition of Doubt

136

(4)

Duties and Consequences in Truth-Telling

140

(7)

Complications in Truth-Telling

147

(6)

The Right to Health Records

153

(2)

Endnotes

155

(1)

Fidelity

156

(24)

Promise-Keeping

157

(4)

Confidentiality

161

(17)

Endnotes

178

(2)

The Sanctity of Human Life

180

(29)

Actions and Omissions

181

(5)

Criteria for Justifiable Omission

186

(3)

Withholding and Withdrawing

189

(5)

Direct and Indirect Killing

194

(3)

Voluntary and Involuntary Killing

197

(3)

Is Withholding Food and Water Killing?

200

(5)

Endnotes

205

(4)

Part III Special Problem Areas in Nursing Practice

209

(184)

Abortion, Sterilization, and Contraception

210

(17)

Abortion

211

(8)

Contraception

219

(4)

Sterilization

223

(2)

Endnotes

225

(2)

Genetics, Birth, and the Biological Revolution

227

(32)

Genetic Counseling

229

(7)

Genetic Screening

236

(5)

In Vitro Fertilization and Artificial Insemination

241

(10)

Genetic Engineering

251

(5)

Endnotes

256

(3)

Psychiatry and the Control of Human Behavior

259

(15)

Psychotherapy

260

(1)

The Concept of Mental Health

261

(9)

Other Behavior-Controlling Therapies

270

(3)

Endnotes

273

(1)

HIV/AIDS Care

274

(28)

Conflicts between Rights and Duties

275

(14)

Conflicts Involving the Cost of Treatment and Allocations of Resources

289

(7)

Research on HIV

296

(4)

Endnotes

300

(2)

Experimentation on Human Beings

302

(30)

Calculating Risk and Benefits

307

(5)

Protecting Privacy

312

(3)

Equity in Research

315

(3)

Informed Consent in Research

318

(12)

Endnotes

330

(2)

Consent and the Right to Refuse Treatment

332

(27)

The Right to Refuse Treatment

335

(2)

The Elements and Standards of Consent

337

(9)

Comprehension and Voluntariness

346

(5)

Consent for Incompetents

351

(6)

Endnotes

357

(2)

Death and Dying

359

(34)

The Definition of Death

361

(3)

Competent and Formerly Competent Patients

364

(7)

Never-Competent Patients and Those Who Have Never Expressed Their Wishes

371

(13)

Futile Care

384

(7)

Limits Based on the Interests of Other Parties

391

(2)

Endnotes

393

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