Nursing Ethics

A Virtue-Based Approach
2007. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-230-50688-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

This book proposes a 'strong' (action-guiding) account of a virtue-based approach to moral decision-making within contemporary nursing practice. Merits and criticisms of obligation and virtue-based approaches to morality are explored. The author argues that in order to deliver morally good care, it is necessary to examine one's moral character.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Armstrong, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Illness, Narratives and the Value of the Nurse-Patient Relationship The Virtues in General Ethics A Critique of Obligation-Based Moral Theories in General Ethics The Origins, Development and Tenets of Virtue Ethics A Critical Account of Obligation-Based Moral Theories in Nursing Practice Virtue-Based Moral Decision-Making in Nursing Practice Macintyre's Account of the Virtues Macintyre's Account of the Virtues and the Virtue-Based Approach to Moral Decision-Making in Nursing Practice Conclusions Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

ALAN E. ARMSTRONG is Senior Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.