Previous edition: 2019

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 contexts -- Moral decision-making in nursing and health care contexts -- Cross-cultural ethics and the ethical practice of nursing -- Ethics, dehumanisn and vulnerable populations -- Patients' rights to and in health care -- Ethical issue in mental health care -- Ethical issues in end-of-life care -- The moral politics of abortion and euthanasia -- Professional judgment, moral quandries, and taking appropriate action-- Professional obligations to report harmful behaviours: risks to patient safety, child abuse, and elder abuse -- Pandemic ethics -- Ethics and public health emergencies: climate change, antimicrobial resistance, health inequities, and emergency preparedess

"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." --