A. Armstrong

Nursing Ethics

A Virtue-Based Approach

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book proposes a 'strong' (action-guiding) account of a virtue-based approach to moral decision-making within contemporary nursing practice. Merits and criticisms of obligation and virtue-based approaches to morality are explored. The author argues that in order to deliver morally good care, it is necessary to examine one's moral character.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-50688-6
• 2007
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 149mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 441g
• ISBN-13: 9780230506886
• ISBN-10: 0230506887
• Artikelnr.: 22729234

Autorenporträt

ALAN E. ARMSTRONG is Senior Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Illness, Narratives and the Value of the Nurse-Patient Relationship The Virtues in General Ethics A Critique of Obligation-Based Moral Theories in General Ethics The Origins, Development and Tenets of Virtue Ethics A Critical Account of Obligation-Based Moral Theories in Nursing Practice Virtue-Based Moral Decision-Making in Nursing Practice Macintyre's Account of the Virtues Macintyre's Account of the Virtues and the Virtue-Based Approach to Moral Decision-Making in Nursing Practice Conclusions Bibliography