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Ho, T. | ||||
| Title | Ethical dilemmas in neonatal care | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2000 | Publication | Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 6 | Issue | 7 | Pages | 17-19 |
| Keywords | Intensive care nursing; Paediatric nursing; Ethics; Clinical decision making | ||||
| Abstract | The author explores possible approaches to the ethical dilemma confronting nurses of critically ill premature infants with an uncertain or futile outcome despite aggressive neonatal intensive care. A case history illustrates the issues. The morality of nursing decisions based on deontological and utilitarian principles is examined, as are the concepts of beneficence and non-maleficence. A fusion of virtue ethics and the ethic of care is suggested as appropriate for ethical decision-making in the neonatal intensive care environment. | ||||
| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ 1035 | Serial | 1019 | ||
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