Understanding Ethics and Ethical Decision-Making

"This book has been about ethics and ethical decision making. As ethicalrefl ection permeates every decision made in practice, the book discussedthe importance of developing moral reasoning ability, which is crucialfor handling ethical dilemma and making ethical decisions in nursing and socialwork practice. The book encouraged the use of models as another form of ethicaldecision-making paradigms. The book used discussions based on case studies toillustrate how ethics inform practice and allow one to make decisions that aremorally justifi able.“This book will enable our students to gain a step by step approach to theknowledge and application of Ethics to practice. The book drew from the work ofmany scholars and designed a simple model to help students gain the knowledgeof ethical analysis and decision making”. Vidal Johnson, Senior Lecturer in Lawand Ethics, London South Bank University“I was impressed by the way this author consistently addressed both social workand nursing ethical issues, highlighting the importance of ethics and applicationin nursing and social work practice”. Michelle Evans, Senior lecturer in LearningDisability/Mental Health and Social Work, London South Bank University“Most other published books on nursing and social work ethics are often ladenwith theories and principles. This book offers an excellent contribution to theunderstanding of the relationship between learning ethical theories and principlesand their practice applications”. Jude C. Ibe, Principal lecturer in Dept. of FamilyCare and Mental Health; University of Greenwich, London."

Dr. Vincent Icheku is a senior lecturer in ethics and law, London South Bank University where he has been leading the ethics and law unit. His teaching and research interest is ethical issues in end of life care, evidence base practice, ethical decision making and successfully developed the SIAC model for ethical analysis and decision making. He holds degrees in social sciences, and health studies respectively; and also doctorate degree in sociology and post-graduate diploma in legal studies. He has taught for eleven years on the topic of ethics to nursing and social work students in both Further and Higher Education.