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advocacy
applied ethics
autonomy
beneficence
bioethics
care-based approach
clinical ethics
code of ethics
ethical/moral agency
ethical dilemma
ethical distress
ethical theory
ethics
feminist-based approach
fidelity
justice
meta-ethics
morals
moral distress
non-maleficence
normative ethics
nursing ethics
paternalism
principle-based
approach
values
value system
values clarification
KEY TERMS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing the chapter, the learner should be able to accomplish the following:
1.
List common modes of value transmission
2.
Describe steps in the valuing process
3.
Use values clarification strategies in clinical practice
4.
Compare and contrast the principle-based and care-based approaches to bioethics
5.
Describe nursing and midwifery practice that is consistent with the code of ethics
6.
Recognise ethical issues as they arise in practice
7.
Use an ethical framework and decision-making process to resolve ethical problems
8.
Identify four functions of institutional ethics committees
9.
Describe three typical concerns of the nurse/midwife advocate.
Values, ethics and advocacy
decisions are made about the best way to treat injury and
illness and to solve healthcare problems. In the framework
developed by McCormack and McCance (2010), one of the
four constructs of person-centred care relates to
prerequi-
sites
, or the attributes that nurses and midwives bring to the
T
HIS CHAPTER EXPLORES the influence of values
on human behaviour and the ethical dimensions of
nursing and midwifery practice. The unique nature
of nursing and midwifery places them at an individual’s
bedside as well as in groups of professionals where critical
