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Nursing Ethics : A Virtue-Based Approach /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Armstrong, Alan E. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Medicine & Public Health.
Moral Philosophy.
Nursing.
Ethics.
Medicine.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 240 pages)
ISBN:9780230206458
DOI:10.1057/9780230206458