Ethical Decision Making in Nursing and Health Care A Practical Guide

This contemporary text for ethical decision making in nursing practice is clinically relevant and will address the many contexts in which nurses work. It explores decision points in all fields of nursing and healthcare that raise ethical challenges, and includes models and frameworks for ethical decision-making, as well as case studies and learner activities. This step-by-step guide is essential reading for students and practicing nurses attempting to resolve ethical dilemmas.

Ethical Decision Making in Nursing Practice, Principles of ethics, What is ethical decision making? Child Health Nursing, Children and young people in acute and primary care, Children and young people with long term conditions, Children and young people receiving end of life care, Adult Nursing, Adults in acute care, Adults with long term conditions, Adults and end of life care, Learning Disabilities Nursing, Children and adolescents with learning disabilities, Adults with learning disabilities, Older adults with learning disabilities, Mental Health Nursing, Children and adolescents experiencing mental ill health, Adults experiencing mental ill-health, Older adults with mental ill-health

Dr Kay Mafuba PhD, SEDA-PDF, MA, PGCertResearch, FellowHEA, PGCertLTHE, BA, RNT, RNLD, DipHE, is an associate professor of learning disabilities in the College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare at the University of West London, London, United Kingdom. He has an MA in Health and Social Policy and a PhD in Health from the University of West London. His research interests are learning disabilities, public health policy, staffing and professional roles. He has a number of publications in these areas, and has extensive experience in teaching learning disabilities nursing, public health and research methods at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Paul Buka MIHM, MSc, PGCE, LL.B (Hons), FETC, HNC (Public Admin), RN, RNT is a lecturer in adult nursing at the University of Essex, UK. Prior to the start of his nurse training, he read philosophy. As a senior nurse in clinical practice, he developed a keen interest in legal studies and progressed to read law up to postgraduate level, specializing in healthcare law and ethics as well as criminal justice. He taught law in higher education, and has several years of teaching in nursing, specializing in healthcare law and ethics.