Nursing Ethics in Modern China : Conflicting Values and Competing Role Requirements
Samantha Mei-che Pang (Author)
This book follows two lines of inquiry in understanding nursing ethics in the historical-cultural context of modern China. Firstly, it scrutinizes the prescribed set of moral virtues for nurses in fulfilling their role requirements during different periods of nursing development over the past century. Based on empirical studies, the book, secondly, explores the nurses' evaluations of their ethical responsibilities in current practice. It carefully examines the particular viewpoints of nurses in their ethical appraisal of nursing practice and patient care situations. Drawing upon traditional ethical outlooks, international norms, and the experiences of nurses as they face difficult care situations, this book concludes with recommendations for improving the quality of nursing in contemporary China
1 online resource.
9789004493506, 9789042009448, 9004493506, 9042009446
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List of Figures and Tables
Foreword by Gerhold K. Becker
Acknowledgments
ONE Introduction: In Search of the Voices of Nurses in China
TWO Nursing Development Before China's Modernization
THREE Nursing in the Era of China's Modernization
FOUR The Ethical Mandate in Question
FIVE Multiple Role Responsibilities
SIX Dealing with Difficult Care Situations
SEVEN From Virtue to Value: A Dialogue to be Continued
Notes
Bibliography
Appendices
About the Author
Index