Ethics in Health Care
Subtitle: Second Edition
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Juta Academic; Juta
Published: September 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780702166792
Subjects: Medical ethics; Nursing; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Ethics; Medical / Ethics
Description: Dealing primarily with nursing in South Africa and the particular challenges that the country's nurses encounter, this book looks at the ethical questions confronting nurses as well as the moral philosophy behind those considerations. Ubuntu--the African notion that everyone in a community is responsible for the welfare of its members--plays a large part in the moral deliberations of the book, as do problems particular to South Africa. This second edition is updated with new case studies on the AIDS pandemic as well as new ethical questions stemming from the legalization of abortion in South Africa and the rise in the power of health worker unions.