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A programme for nursing ethics.

S J Smith·A J Davis
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This article defines nursing ethics and its place within the disciplines of ethics and nursing. The current endeavours of nursing ethics are identified as: revising codes, assisting nurses to reason ethically, and establishing the nurse's role in ethical decision-making regarding ethical issues, particular clients, and society's definition of health and illness. The authors then propose the further development of nursing ethics to examine critically the ethical dimensions of nursing practice with regards to its theories, diagnostic categories, diagnostic procedures, treatment goals and treatment procedures.

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S J Smith, A J Davis. 1985. A programme for nursing ethics.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7489(85)90053-7

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