This text reviews theoretical bases for bioethics including definitions of morals, ethics, metaethics, bioethics and the role of health care professionals. Theory includes discussion of philosphical ethical systems, such as utilitarianism, denotology and natural law, and moral theology and religion as source and reason for ethics. The natural law theory of moral development is described in terms of Jean Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg, James Rest, Carol Gilligan and others. One way to understand this is to see people as moral beings. This includes nurses and other health care professionals who make bioethical decisions. The bioethical decision model has 10 steps based on critical inquiry and reasoned analysis. The model does not provide ready-made answers, but serves as a guide to the process. The text includes a chapter on each of the 10 steps.
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Thompson and Thompson's "Bioethical Decision Making for Nurses" is an outstanding example of a book that provides not only a theoretical basis for bioethical perspectives but a concise and articulate bioethical decision making model appropriate not only for nurses (as the title would imply) but also for other health care professionals such as physicians and midwives as well. The bioethical decision making process is aptly illustrated with the use of case studies which contribute to the reader's understanding of the application of this 10 step process. I highly recommend this book to health care professionals who face ethical decisions each day in practice, education and research.
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