Nursing ethics: a virtue-based approach
Auteur :
Armstrong, A.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349353163
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2007
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.