Written by Australia's foremost nursing ethics scholar, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective comprehensibly addresses the ethical challenges, obligations and responsibilities nurses will encounter in practice.

With a strong emphasis on the principles and standards of human rights and social justice, the 7th edition examines the spectrum of bioethical issues in health care with a focus on patients' rights, cross-cultural ethics, vulnerability ethics, mental health ethics, professional conduct, patient safety and end-of-life ethics.

Coverage of the moral terrain of everyday practice, including:

• Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct
• End-of-life care, directives and legislation Moral disengagement Prejudice, discrimination and vulnerable populations
• Elder abuse and child abuse Future nursing ethics challenges
• Case scenarios and critical questions to encourage reflection on key issues in practice
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