Considering ethical cases and concerns of nurses working in an Irish context, relating them to the Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses and Midwives and Irish law, this title analyses ethical issues including: autonomy, truth-telling, advocacy, confidentiality, informed consent, abortion, assisted human reproduction, death and dying, withdrawal of treatment, justice, allocation of scarce resources. It defines new terms, explains ethical and legal principles, probes familiar notions and assumptions, and evaluates arguments. It explains ethical theories clearly and integrates them throughout the text.

Providing additional cases, suggested forms of assessment e.g. essay titles and exam questions and useful web links on our website, this is an invaluable text for nursing students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, clinical nurses and midwives, nurse managers and academics. Nursing Links An Bord Altranais (the Nursing Bord), the Irish Nurses Organisation, the Department of Health and Children, the Nurse2Nurse site and the Office for Health Management are all sites which may be of interest.