Ethics for Nursing and Healthcare Practice by Kath Melia

Ethics for Nursing and Healthcare Practice by Kath Melia

Everyday clinical practice is steeped in ethical considerations, but discussion of ethics is often removed from these real-life situations. Kath M Melia′s new book works in the gap between theory and practice. The chapters tackle the main theories which form the discussion on ethics, and include practical case examples, which bring these theories into the clinical context. These classic and everyday cases challenge the reader to critically reflect on his/her own experiences and outlook. The social, legal and professional regulation context is brought into the discussion throughout, to equip students with the knowledge that they need to make clinical decisions. Topics covered include: - Beauchamp and Childress′ four principles of bioethics - Rights - Personal and individual conscience - Moral philosophy - The virtues/virtue ethics of the practitioner. This book will be essential reading for pre-registration nursing students taking modules in ethics and law. It will also be a valuable text for postgraduates and qualified nurses, and students of health who need to gain an appreciation of ethics.

If you don’t know why nurses need to understand ethics – read the newspapers; if you want nurses to understand ethics – give them this bookThis is well written with very practical examples with which nurses and nursing students can identify.

-- Roger Watson

Kath Melia has captured the complex relationship between ethics, sociology and law in this book. She does not simplify the issues, yet this text, with its lively case illustrations, is totally relevant to everyday clinical practice.

 

-- Alastair Campbell

′Melia tackles this most important topic in a fluent and immensely readable way.  This book should be essential reading for any nursing professional facing the complexities of contemporary practice.′

-- Sheila McLean, Emeritus Professor of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow

Kath Melia, an experienced and knowledgeable writer on health care ethics, has once again produced a very useful text for both students and registered nurses and health care practitioners in all disciplines. The emphasis on a case based, "reality" approach makes the theory-practice link explicit, a vital skill when writing about the complexities of ethics theory.

-- Gilly Hewetson, Lecturer in Health Care Ethics and Law, University of East Anglia
This very readable book is an excellent resource for all healthcare practitioners.
In the introduction chapters, it clearly outlines the concept of ethics, but places that concept at the heart of healthcare outlining why ethical debates are important when faced with the dilemma of deciding on the correct course of action in challenging situations.
The latter chapters explore many topics that can be perceived as difficult topics for nurses, for example, euthanasia, assisted dying and organ donation. These topics are treated objectively and would be valuable for all practitioners to read. -- Dr Eloise Pearson

Kath Melia is Professor of Nursing, University of Edinbugh and author of Nursing Ethics, 4e (with Ian Thompson and Kenneth Boyd; Churchill Livingstone).

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ISBN 13	9780857029300
ISBN 10	0857029304
Title	Ethics for Nursing and Healthcare Practice
Author	Kath Melia
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	2013-12-16
Number of pages	168
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.