Bioethics(5th Edition) A Nursing Perspective, 5e by Megan-JaneJohnstone Paperback, 488 Pages, Published 2008 by Churchill Livingstone Large Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7295-3873-2, ISBN: 0-7295-3873-7
"The 5th edition of Bioethics provides nursing students with the necessary knowledge and understanding of the ethical issues effecting nursing practice. Groundbreaking in its first edition, Bioethics continues its role as a vital component of nursing education and provides a framework for students to understand the obligations, responsibilities and ethical challenges they will be presented with throughout their careers. This latest editi ..."
"Drawing on extensive data including news media reports and commentaries, documentaries, courts and court reports, films, websites, professional literature and government and non-government agencies, this book explores the 'Alzheimerisation' of the euthanasia debate, examining the shift in recent years in public attitudes towards the desirability and moral permissibility of euthanasia as an end-of-life 'solution' for people living with t ..."
Nursing Ethics (SAGE Library of Nursing) by Megan-JaneJohnstone Hardcover, 1,072 Pages, Published 2015 by Sage Publications Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-4739-0225-1, ISBN: 1-4739-0225-8
"By its very nature, nursing ethics is a subject that the profession is required to constantly grapple with. The history of writing on this topic offers a fascinating insight into how nursing as a profession has developed over time and reacted to the ethical issues and questions raised around the role of nurses and their interactions with patients. Nursing ethics has not always enjoyed the status that it has today. Its development, leg ..."
"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, vulnerabilit ..."
Bioethics(6th Edition) A Nursing Perspective, 6e by Megan-JaneJohnstone Paperback, 514 Pages, Published 2015 by Elsevier ISBN-13: 978-0-7295-4215-9, ISBN: 0-7295-4215-7
"An essential resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students and registered nurses to develop new insights and moral wisdom around ethical issues they will face in clinical practice. Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective, 6th Edition continues to set the standard for bioethical issues in nursing practice. As with previous editions, this highly respected text provides a comprehensive framework to assist students and registered nur ..."
Bioethics(3rd Edition) A Nursing Perspective, 3e by Megan-JaneJohnstone Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 1999 by Saunders Australia ISBN-13: 978-0-7295-3403-1, ISBN: 0-7295-3403-0
"This classic work has been instrumental in establishing nursing ethics as a legitimate and discrete field of inquiry and practice. Providing the framework for this 3rd edition is a new and comprehensive definition of nursing ethics. This long awaited third edition reflects the changes in attitude that have taken place not merely by the addition of new material but by the revision of large portions of the discussions advanced in the prev ..."
"Every day nurses are required to make ethical decisions in the course of caring for their patients. Ethics in Nursing Practice provides the background necessary to understand ethical decision making and its implications for patient care. The authors focus on the individual nurse′s responsibilities, as well as considering the wider issues affecting patients, colleagues and society as a whole. This third edition is fully updated, and ..."
Bioethics(4th Edition) A Nursing Perspective by Megan-JaneJohnstone Paperback, 420 Pages, Published 2004 by W B Saunders Co ISBN-13: 978-0-7295-3726-1, ISBN: 0-7295-3726-9
"As with previous editions, this highly respected text provides a comprehensive framework to assist students and registered nurses to understand the ethical challenges, obligations and responsibilities they will encounter in daily practice."
Ethics in Nursing Practice(2nd Edition) A Guide to Ethical Decision Making by Sara T. Fry, Megan-JaneJohnstone Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2002 by Wiley-Blackwell Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-632-05935-5, ISBN: 0-632-05935-4
"The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has revised and updated the classic "Ethics in Nursing Practice: A Guide to Ethical Decision Making" to address the increasingly diverse social, cultural, political and religious situations in which nurses practice. Comprehensive in its scope and addressing a broad range of ethical issues, this new edition continues to serve the global nursing community. In harmony with the universally accepted ..."
"This unique text traces the injustices that have occured as a result of past and presentnursing laws."
Bioethics(2nd Edition) A Nursing Perspective by Megan-JaneJohnstone Paperback, 587 Pages, Published 1995 by Harcourt College Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-7295-1421-7, ISBN: 0-7295-1421-8
"This new edition reflects the ongoing debate on bioethical issues in nursing and health care. New material has been added, including sections on transcultural ethics in nursing practice and on homophobia and the moral entitlements of AIDS and HIV-positive patients. Most importantly, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective will help nurses to find the inner strength and courage to contribute to the debate, as their experience uniquely entitles ..."
"So that's not terribly surprising [that Crick got advice] (Nitschke 2002 – reported in
ABC-TV Lateline, screened 30 May 2002). When challenged by Somerville, '
Philip, where do you get that [information from?], Nitschke skilfully deflected the
question with a red herring ('I think I might like to finish this answer [to Tony Jones
' question] since we've been listening quite a bit to the previous person, Margot')
and thus avoided havi ..."
Bioethics A Nursing Perspective by Megan-JaneJohnstone 514 Pages, Published 2015 by Elsevier Health Sciences ISBN-13: 978-0-7295-8363-3, ISBN: 0-7295-8363-5
"In 1989, when the first edition of this work was published, very little had been
written on bioethics from a nursing ... mentally ill, ethical issues associated with
the reporting of child abuse, and the promotion of ethical practice in nursing. ...
The fourth, revised edition marked a significant turning point in nursing ethics in
that it served not only to inform but ... the essence and methodological starting
point of the work h ..."
"This publication builds upon the contents of the first edition looking at ethics in nursing practice and also includes the ICN's reviewed guidelines for nursing research."
Bioethics A Nursing Perspective by Megan-JaneJohnstone 472 Pages, Published 2008 by Elsevier Health Sciences ISBN-13: 978-0-7295-7873-8, ISBN: 0-7295-7873-9
"Feinberg (1979: 595) argues that, if individuals cannot represent their own
interests, they have no more rights than 'redwood ... Moral rights based on human
experiences of grievous wrongs Not all agree with the above theories of the
origins of rights. ... logic, or otherwise, but from 'particular human experiences' —
notably of the 'worst injustices' and 'most grievous ... Dershowitz suggests, first,
that 'if wrongs were not wrong ..."
"Health professionals are increasingly expected to conduct and publish their research, apply for grants, write newsletters, liaise with the media, present conference papers and contribute articles to professional journals. Writing well is an essential professional skill and writing to publish is an important aspect of professional development. But how do you get published? Where do you start? How do you know if your writing is good enoug ..."
Bioethics A Nursing Perspective (W.B. Saunders/Bailliere Tindall Australian nursing resources series) by Megan-JaneJohnstone Paperback, 430 Pages, Published 1992 by Harcourt College Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-7295-0364-8, ISBN: 0-7295-0364-X
"The first book to focus on issues which are critical to nurse practitioners. Breaking new ground in the development of ethical theory, this excellent text provides nurses and student nurses with a guide to ethical decision making and conduct in the workplace. Coverage includes topics such as western moral philosophy, feminist moral philosophy, patients' rights, matters of life and death: abortion and euthanasia, quality of life, and mor ..."