FRIDAH M. MBURU
,SOLUTIONS MANUAL FOR ETHICAL & LEGAL ISSUES IN NURSING LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE
Objectives
By the end of the lesson the student will;
1. Define Ethics
2. Discuss ethical principles
3. Discuss ethical practice
4. Define law
5. State sources of law
6. Explain types of law
7. Discuss types of consent
,ETHICAL & LEGAL ISSUES IN NURSING
Definition of ethics
• ETHICS is a branch of philosophy concerned with determining right and wrong in relation to people’s decisions and actions.
• How do we distinguish a right action from a wrong one and who determines what is right and wrong?
• Ethics is evident when values such as right and wrong (or good and bad) are introduced.
, Ethics
E.g. The word ‘should’ is an indicator of ethical thinking, as it provides a view on the right way to act, for example, in the statement: ‘You should tell the tru
• What is more useful to ethical decision-making is the appraisal of the fundamental ethical concepts that form the basis of many elaborate ethical theories and
concepts