This valuable guide helps develop the critical thinking skills needed to become effective patient advocates. Pinpointing the systematic methods of reasoning through an ethical dilemma, this is the ultimate resource to resolving ethical issues in a system undergoing fundamental change. The fourth edition reflects contemporary issues such as informed consent, abortion, death and dying, and behavior control. Numerous case studies are also included
1. Health Care Ethics and Ethical Dilemmas
2. Nursing's Ethics
3. Values Clarification, Moral Development, and Other Considerations in Understanding Health Care Ethics
4. Selected Ethical Approaches: Theories and Concepts
5. Professional Ethics and Institutional Constraints in Nursing Practice
6. Rights, Responsibilities, and Health Care
7. Self-Determination
8. Reproducing Life
9. Dying and Death
10. Behavior Control
11. Mental Retardation
12. Policy, Ethics, and Health Care
