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Ethical Issues in Critical Care Nursing

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The thrust of this chapter is to explore research findings about issues that cause ethical concern for critical care nurses in Europe. Comparisons between the experience of critical care nurses in Sweden and the United Kingdom will be made for the simple reason that these are the only two European countries that have, to date, published research papers related to the way that nurses deal with, or feel about, the moral dimensions of critical care practice. The first stage in this process will be to explore the preparation of critical care nurses to deal with ethical issues and to identify the nature and essence of nursing ethics in relation to the delivery of critical care.

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  1. School of Healthcare Studies, University of Leeds, UK

    Kevin David Kendrick MSc, BA(Hons), Dip Soc Admin, Cert Ethics & Theol, Cert Ed, FETC, RGN, EN(G), OTN (Lecturer in Nursing and Ethics)

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  1. Centre for Applied Ethics, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK

    Win Tadd PhD, BEd(Hons), RGN, RM, DN (Lond), RCNT, RNT, CertEd (FE), ONC (Consultant in Health Care Ethics and Education and lectures) (Consultant in Health Care Ethics and Education and lectures)

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Kendrick, K.D. (1998). Ethical Issues in Critical Care Nursing. In: Tadd, W. (eds) Ethical Issues in Nursing and Midwifery Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14569-0_11

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