Bioethics : a nursing perspective / Megan-Jane Johnstone.

Includes index.

Section 1. Foundations of nursing ethics and professional conduct -- Professional standards and the requirement to be ethical -- Ethics, bioethics and nursing ethics: some working definitions -- Moral theory and the ethical practice of nursing -- Moral problems in nursing and health care -- Moral decision-making in nursing and health care contexts -- Section 2. Culture and context -- Cross-cultural ethics and ethical practice of nursing -- Ethics, dehumanization and vulnerable populations -- Section 3. Ethics in practice -- Patients' rights to and health care -- Ethical issues in mental health care -- Ethical issues in end-of-life care -- The moral politics of abortion and euthanasia -- Professional judgement, moral quandaries and taking 'appropriate action' -- Professional obligations to reports harmful behaviours: risks to patient safety, child abuse and elder abuse -- Section 4. Nursing ethics futures - challenges in the 21st century and beyond -- Pandemic ethics -- Ethics and public health emergencies: climate change, antimicrobial resistance, health inequalities and emergency preparedness.

"Now in its eighth edition, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective provides practical guidance on the ethical issues you might come across in nursing practice, with real-world examples that help to bring this important subject to life. Author Dr Megan-Jane Johnstone AO, Australia's foremost nursing ethics scholar, provides a comprehensive framework for negotiating the ethical challenges, obligations and responsibilities you might face. The text is engaging and easy to follow, and has been fully updated to reflect current issues in health care such as nurse practitioner assisted dying, pandemic ethics, and the moral costs of misinformation and medical conspiracy theories. This book is a suitable companion to the law and ethics components of both undergraduate and postgraduate nursing studies, and is relevant for all nurses who encounter ethical problems in their everyday practice" -- Provided by publisher.