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A J Davis

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PubMed1989

The Men's Adult Life Experiences Inventory: an instrument for assessing developmental concerns of middle age.

This article describes the development and testing of a new 97-item self-report instrument assessing the frequency and intensity of 11 developmentally related domains of concerns of middle-aged men. These include relationships (child, parents, wife, friends), job, health, sex, leisure, death, pressures of time, and self-reflection. The psychometric properties of the instrument, as well as potential uses, are discussed.

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PubMed1989

New developments in international nursing ethics.

This article has described numerous activities in nursing ethics at international levels. It acknowledges the larger context within which nurses practice by focusing on selected issues involved in resource allocation and death and dying, cross-culturally. The questions raised about universally shared moral principles reflects the larger questions of cultural and ethical relativism. The discussions of new developments in international nursing ethics focuses on international conferences, the teaching of nursing ethics, national nursing associations, and other professional groups that are actively involved in health care or nursing ethics. Finally, the development of international nursing ethics research studies is providing new knowledge about the scope of ethics within nursing and the nature of nursing care worldwide. Nurses are involved in some aspects of these new developments in nursing ethics in all countries. As they examine and reflect on ethical principles, virtues, and on an ethics of caring, they bring a new dimension to their work as nurses. This new dimension stands as one of the oldest and most central foundations in professional nursing.

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PubMed1987

Teaching ethics using games.

Many students find analysis of ethical dilemmas difficult due to the ambiguity and uncertainty they see in these situations. Games have been developed and are used in a wide variety of educational experiences. An ethics game entitled 'Rights: Helter Skelter' has been used with nursing students in their first course focused on ethics and nursing. This game enhances their ability to tolerate high levels of uncertainty while they analyse ethical dilemmas.

Education, Nursing↗
PubMed1987

Nursing and medical student attitudes towards nursing disclosure of information to patients: a pilot study.

The American Hospital Association 'Patient's Bill of Rights' encourages greater disclosure of medical information to patients. However, the 'Bill of Rights' and conventional hospital practice centre responsibility for disclosure on physicians. The standing of nurses with regard to disclosure of information remains unclear. Many features of the nursing role indicate nurses could participate more fully in disclosure. A questionnaire exploring issues of disclosure by nurses was circulated to senior nursing students and fourth-year medical students. The 28 nursing respondents and 28 medical respondents differed significantly on 20 of the 87 items. In 15 of these, nursing students clearly showed more support than medical students for an active nursing role in disclosure, informed consent, expressing professional opinions, and patients' decision-making. A more active role by nurses in disclosing information may support increased patient participation in decision-making.

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