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Quick Look Nursing: Ethics and Conflict, Second Edition

Author(s): Kathleen Ouimet Perrin, PhD, RN, CCRN, Professor, Nursing, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire
James McGhee, PhD
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763750268
  • ISBN-10:0763750263
  • Paperback    257 pages      © 2008
Price: International Sales $63.95 US List
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Overview

Ethics in an Accessible, Enjoyable Format!

 

Quick Look Nursing: Ethics and Conflict, Second Edition presents ethical issues and case studies from the perspective of nurses.  What should a nurse do when patients, family, and physicians have varying perspectives on what care should be provided?  When and how should a nurse intervene to protect an elderly person from a hazardous living situation?  Nurses have a compelling interest in ethics because of their unique position in the healthcare system.  This text will help readers prepare for the ethical dilemmas of health care and participate in the debate about how health care should be delivered in today’s complex environment.

 

Specific topics include:

  • Justice in the allocation of health care services (including nursing services)
  • Patient safety addressed with a discussion of how to respond to errors made by members of the health care team
  • Issues inherent in group decision making for a patient

Important pedagogical features:

  • Critical thinking questions and multiple case studies are found in each chapter
  • Quick look at chapter ahead
  • Highlighted key points
  • NCLEX-Style Questions!

 

 

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Acknowledgements

About the Authors

Preface

Chapter 1: Health Care Ethics

Chapter 2: Encountering an Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 3: Beginning of Life Issues

Chapter 4: Health Maintenance Across the Life Span

Chapter 5: How Should Health Care Resources be Allocated?

Chapter 6: Encountering Unjust, Incompetent, or Illegal Behavior

Chapter 7: Ethical Issues at the End of Life

Conclusion

Appendix A: American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses

References

Glossary


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Kathleen Ouimet Perrin, PhD, RN, CCRN-Professor, Nursing, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire

 

Kathleen Ouimet Perrin, PhD, RN, CCRN, is a professor of nursing at Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH, where she teaches courses in critical care nursing, professional nursing, and understanding suffering to baccalaureate nursing students. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, her master’s from Boston College, and her doctoral degree from The Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio. Her primary areas of interest are critical care nursing, ethical issues, nursing history, and suffering experienced by patients and health care providers.  
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James McGhee, PhD

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