This book proposes a 'strong' (action-guiding) account of a virtue-based approach to moral decision-making within contemporary nursing practice. Merits andcriticisms of obligation and virtue-based approaches to morality are explored. The author argues that in order to deliver morally good care, it is necessary to examine one's moral character. INDICE: Preface and Acknowledgements - Introduction - Illness, Narratives and the Value of the Nurse-Patient Relationship - The Virtues in General Ethics - A Critique of Obligation-Based Moral Theories in General Ethics - The Origins, Development and Tenets of Virtue Ethics - Common Objections to Virtue Ethics - A Critical Account of Obligation-Based Moral Theories in Nursing Practice - Virtue-Based Moral Decision-Making in Nursing Practice - Macintyre's Account of the Virtues - Macintyre's Account of the Virtues and the Virtue-Based Approach to Moral Decision-Making in Nursing Practice - Conclusions - Notes - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-24419-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 12/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés