Ethical Decision Making in Nursing and Health Care: A Practical Guide

This contemporary text for ethical decision making in nursing practice is clinically relevant and will address the many contexts in which nurses work. It explores decision points in all fields of nursing and healthcare that raise ethical challenges, and includes models and frameworks for ethical decision-making, as well as case studies and learner activities. This step-by-step guide is essential reading for students and practicing nurses attempting to resolve ethical dilemmas.

Dr Kay Mafuba PhD, SEDA-PDF, MA, PGCertResearch, FellowHEA, PGCertLTHE, BA, RNT, RNLD, DipHE, is an associate professor of learning disabilities in the College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare at the University of West London, London, United Kingdom. He has an MA in Health and Social Policy and a PhD in Health from the University of West London. His research interests are learning disabilities, public health policy, staffing and professional roles. He has a number of publications in these areas, and has extensive experience in teaching learning disabilities nursing, public health and research methods at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Paul Buka MIHM, MSc, PGCE, LL.B (Hons), FETC, HNC (Public Admin), RN, RNT is a lecturer in adult nursing at the University of Essex, UK. Prior to the start of his nurse training, he read philosophy. As a senior nurse in clinical practice, he developed a keen interest in legal studies and progressed to read law up to postgraduate level, specializing in healthcare law and ethics as well as criminal justice. He taught law in higher education, and has several years of teaching in nursing, specializing in healthcare law and ethics.