**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Legal/Ethical**
Now in its eighth edition, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective provides practical guidance on the ethical issues you might come across in nursing practice, with real-world examples that help to bring this important subject to life.
Author Dr Megan-Jane Johnstone AO, Australia's foremost nursing ethics scholar, provides a comprehensive framework for negotiating the ethical challenges, obligations and responsibilities you might face. The text is engaging and easy to follow, and has been fully updated to reflect current issues in health care such as nurse practitioner assisted dying, pandemic ethics, and the moral costs of misinformation and medical conspiracy theories.
This book is a suitable companion to the law and ethics components of both undergraduate and postgraduate nursing studies, and is relevant for all nurses who encounter ethical problems in their everyday practice.
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eBook on VitalSource
1. Bioethics - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Front Matter - p. Page iv 6. Dedication - p. Page v 7. Copyright - p. Page vi 8. Contents - p. Page vii 9. Preface - p. Page viii 10. Acknowledgments - p. Page ix 11. List of abbreviations - p. Page x 12. List of Illustrations - p. Page xi 13. List of Tables - p. Page xii 14. Section 1 : Foundations of Nursing Ethics and Professional Conduct - p. Page xii 15. 1 : Professional Standards and the Requirement to be Ethical - p. Page xii 16. 2 : Ethics, Bioethics and Nursing Ethics: Some Working Definitions - p. Page xii 17. 3 : Moral Theory and the Ethical Practice of Nursing - p. Page xii 18. 4 : Moral Problems in Nursing and Health Care Contexts - p. Page xii 19. 5 : Moral Decision-Making in Nursing and Health Care Contexts - p. Page xii 20. Section 2 : Culture and Context - p. Page xii 21. 6 : Cross-cultural Ethics and the Ethical Practice of Nursing - p. Page xii 22. 7 : Ethics, Dehumanisation and Vulnerable Populations - p. Page xii 23. Section 3 : Ethics in Practice - p. Page xii 24. 8 : Patients’ Rights to and in Health Care - p. Page xii 25. 9 : Ethical Issues in Mental Health Care - p. Page xii 26. 10 : Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Care - p. Page xii 27. 11 : The Moral Politics of Abortion and Euthanasia - p. Page xii 28. 12 : Professional Judgment, Moral Quandaries and Taking ‘Appropriate Action’ - p. Page xii 29. 13 : Professional Obligations to Report Harmful Behaviours: Risks to Patient Safety, Child Abuse and Elder Abuse - p. Page xii 30. Section 4 : Nursing Ethics Futures – Challenges in the 21st Century and Beyond - p. Page xii 31. 14 : Pandemic Ethics - p. Page xii 32. 15 : Ethics and Public Health Emergencies: Climate Change, Antimicrobial Resistance, Health Inequities and Emergency Preparedness - p. Page xii 33. Bibliography - p. Page xii 34. Index - p. Page xii
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Legal/Ethical**
Now in its eighth edition, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective provides practical guidance on the ethical issues you might come across in nursing practice, with real-world examples that help to bring this important subject to life.
Author Dr Megan-Jane Johnstone AO, Australia's foremost nursing ethics scholar, provides a comprehensive framework for negotiating the ethical challenges, obligations and responsibilities you might face. The text is engaging and easy to follow, and has been fully updated to reflect current issues in health care such as nurse practitioner assisted dying, pandemic ethics, and the moral costs of misinformation and medical conspiracy theories.
This book is a suitable companion to the law and ethics components of both undergraduate and postgraduate nursing studies, and is relevant for all nurses who encounter ethical problems in their everyday practice.
Additional resources on Evolve
eBook on VitalSource
1. Bioethics - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Front Matter - p. Page iv 6. Dedication - p. Page v 7. Copyright - p. Page vi 8. Contents - p. Page vii 9. Preface - p. Page viii 10. Acknowledgments - p. Page ix 11. List of abbreviations - p. Page x 12. List of Illustrations - p. Page xi 13. List of Tables - p. Page xii 14. Section 1 : Foundations of Nursing Ethics and Professional Conduct - p. Page xii 15. 1 : Professional Standards and the Requirement to be Ethical - p. Page xii 16. 2 : Ethics, Bioethics and Nursing Ethics: Some Working Definitions - p. Page xii 17. 3 : Moral Theory and the Ethical Practice of Nursing - p. Page xii 18. 4 : Moral Problems in Nursing and Health Care Contexts - p. Page xii 19. 5 : Moral Decision-Making in Nursing and Health Care Contexts - p. Page xii 20. Section 2 : Culture and Context - p. Page xii 21. 6 : Cross-cultural Ethics and the Ethical Practice of Nursing - p. Page xii 22. 7 : Ethics, Dehumanisation and Vulnerable Populations - p. Page xii 23. Section 3 : Ethics in Practice - p. Page xii 24. 8 : Patients’ Rights to and in Health Care - p. Page xii 25. 9 : Ethical Issues in Mental Health Care - p. Page xii 26. 10 : Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Care - p. Page xii 27. 11 : The Moral Politics of Abortion and Euthanasia - p. Page xii 28. 12 : Professional Judgment, Moral Quandaries and Taking ‘Appropriate Action’ - p. Page xii 29. 13 : Professional Obligations to Report Harmful Behaviours: Risks to Patient Safety, Child Abuse and Elder Abuse - p. Page xii 30. Section 4 : Nursing Ethics Futures – Challenges in the 21st Century and Beyond - p. Page xii 31. 14 : Pandemic Ethics - p. Page xii 32. 15 : Ethics and Public Health Emergencies: Climate Change, Antimicrobial Resistance, Health Inequities and Emergency Preparedness - p. Page xii 33. Bibliography - p. Page xii 34. Index - p. Page xii
