Nursing Ethics in Modern China : : Conflicting Values and Competing Role Requirements / / Samantha Mei-che Pang.

• Superior document: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 140
• VerfasserIn: Pang, Samantha Mei-che
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2003.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 140.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 pages)

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.

Table of Contents

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.