ethics

Ethical issues in mental health care

Nurses working in the care for psychiatric patients daily face dilemma’s concerning respect for autonomy versus paternalistic behavior. Questions arise...

Ethical challenges in education and the practical training period

Since working in health and social care sector has its principles of ethics, the development of students’ ethical awareness is...

Ethical issues in the care of older people

Rees, King and Schmitz (2009) conducted a literature review in Australia, where they explored ethical issues in the care of...

Requirements of ethical thinking

Ethical thinking in professional context has certain requirements. It should be universal, normative, interpersonal, rational, and sensitive to circumstances. All...

Ethical dilemmas and moral conflicts

What are ethical issues, problems, moral conflicts and dilemmas in health care? Are there any differences between the concepts? Ethical...

Applying ethics to professional work

During the past 10 years there has been a strong movement towards evidence-based practice especially in the health care sector....

Being a professional

Acquiring a professional role in health care is important from the point of view of ethics. A professional is committed...

Theoretical background

Ethical thinking in health-care setting is often mainly connected to utilitarianism, deontological ethics and consequentialism. But also, the perspectives from...

Ethical guidelines and assessment

There are many different sources for rules of ethical conduct in health care work. Legislation is the most obvious and...

Basics of ethics

Ethics is a branch of philosophy that addresses the concepts of right and wrong or good and evil. Ethics can...