Ethical & Legal Issues in Nursing

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the many ethical and legal issues that arise in the practice of nursing. Ethical analysis is supplemented with rigorous discussion of precedents from the American legal system as well as the requirements of professional codes operating at the national and state levels. Topics include informed consent, end-of-life treatment, impaired decisional capacity, privacy and confidentiality, and much more.

Joseph P. DeMarco is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Cleveland State University. Gary E. Jones is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego and a member of the California Bar Association. Barbara J. Daly is the Gertrude Perkins Oliva Professor in Oncology Nursing at Case Western Reserve University and Clinical Ethicist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.