Ethical Decision Making in Nursing and Health Care: The Symphonological Approach, Fourth Edition (Bioethical Decision Making in Nursing (Husted))

This book provides a systematic approach to bioethical decision making that can help clarify issues in situations where "right" and "wrong" may not be clearly defined. New to this edition: an expanded preface and first chapter to accommodate advances in health care; two new chapters on traditional ethical systems and how they pertain to the health care setting; an expanded final chapter on Symphonology (now formally recognized as a nursing theory); end of chapter questions and dilemmas; new, more current case studies; and more... Key Features of this Book: Gives a step-by-step process that guides the practitioner to justify ethical decisions and how to implement them The only nursing book that actually features a comprehensive system of bioethical decision making Applicable to practice as well as being useful for at-risk students and general ethics courses Presents a practice-based decision making model Easy to apply--students and practitioners have reported immediate ability to use what they have learned Provides an examination of person, their motivations, and their rights Gives a careful and comprehensive discussion of the meaning and definition of terms and how they relate to decision making Helps to give the health care professional confidence in his or her ethical decision making Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title! This book provides a systematic approach to bioethical decision making, a process that can help clarify situations where right and wrong are not clearly defined n.This should be a valuable book for ethics and theory courses." Score: 100, 5 stars --"Doody's" Husted and Husted's classic nursing ethics text provides a systematic approach to bioethical decision making that can help clarify situations where "right" and "wrong" are not clearly defined. Based on the interaction of health professional and patient, this approach focuses on well-being and the right to self-direction for both. Numerous case studies provide practice in bioethical decision making, with nearly 50 case studies analyzed in detail. This fourth edition nursing ethics text includes two new chapters, along with a teacher's online manual for enhanced pedagogy: The first new chapter describes the four traditional ethical systems and how they pertain to interaction in the health care setting while the second new chapter expands upon the importance of context. The final chapter on "Symphonology" has been revised for use by master's and doctoral students, with numerous other chapters revised or rearranged, and various teaching tools updated - from chapter-ending questions to dilemmas and case studies. Nurse educators and their students, practicing nurses, physicians and allied health professionals will find this book an invaluable resource, now and into the future. New Digital Supplements: New to this edition is a digital supplement for educators who adopt this book for classroom use. The online teacher's manual, which can be obtained from Springer Publishing Company, provides a wealth of information for instructor's to plan their teaching activities and to enhance active learning for students. It will assist faculty in preparing for class, and in decreasing preparation time. The online teacher's manual includes: Chapter summaries Major focus areas Classroom activities PowerPoint Slides Test-bank " Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!'This book provides a systematic approach to bioethical decision making, a process that can help clarify situations where right and wrong are not clearly definedÖ.This should be a valuable book for ethics and theory courses.'Score: 100, 5 stars--Doody'sHusted and Husted's classic nursing ethics text provides a systematic approach to bioethical decision making that can help clarify situations where'right'and'wrong'are not clearly defined. Based on the interaction of health professional and patient, this approach focuses on well-being and the right to self-direction for both. Numerous case studies provide practice in bioethical decision making, with nearly 50 case studies analyzed in detail. This fourth edition nursing ethics text includes two new chapters, along with a teacher's online manual for enhanced pedagogy: The first new chapter describes the four traditional ethical systems and how they pertain to interaction in the health care setting while the second new chapter expands upon the importance of context. The final chapter on'Symphonology'has been revised for use by master's and doctoral students, with numerous other chapters revised or rearranged, and various teaching tools updated - from chapter-ending questions to dilemmas and case studies. Nurse educators and their students, practicing nurses, physicians and allied health professionals will find this book an invaluable resource, now and into the future.New Digital Supplements: New to this edition is a digital supplement for educators who adopt this book for classroom use. The online teacher's manual, which can be obtained from Springer Publishing Company, provides a wealth of information for instructor's to plan their teaching activities and to enhance active learning for students. It will assist faculty in preparing for class, and in decreasing preparation time. The online teacher's manual includes: Chapter summaries Major focus areas Classroom activities PowerPoint Slides Test-bank The ethical journey The nurse/patient agreement The bioethical standards and their role as preconditions of the agreement The nature of the ethical context Practice-based ethics and the bioethical standards as lenses The power of analysis through extremes Apparent conflicts among the bioethical standards Elements of human autonomy Giants: the classic tradition Contemporary ethical systems Virtues as resources Advanced concepts in symphonological theory. James H. Husted, Gladys L. Husted. Gladys L. Husted's Name Appears First On The Previous Edition. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.