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  • Chapter 3 - The nurse–patient relationship and the regulation of nursing practice

  • Kim Atkins, University of Tasmania, Sheryl de Lacey, Flinders University of South Australia, Bernhard Ripperger, NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Rebecca Ripperger, NSW Department of Communities and Justice
  • Book:
    Ethics and Law for Australian Nurses
    Published online:
    11 February 2020
    Print publication:
    02 January 2020, pp 62-88

  • Summary

    The focus of this chapter is the moral aspects of the nurse–patient relationship. Rights and obligations are like two sides of the same coin. A legal right comes with a corresponding obligation, or duty. A right is a legal entitlement to do something, and an obligation is the constraint upon individuals’ behaviour that comes with that entitlement. However, the nurse–patient relationship involves more than legalities. As discussed in Chapter 1, interpersonal relationships involve moral values, such as respect, beneficence and compassion.

  • Prescribing: the ethical dimension

  • John Adams
  • Journal:
    Nurse Prescriber / Volume 1 / Issue 7 / July 2004
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    22 June 2006, pp. 1-3
    Print publication:
    July 2004

  • Summary

    Prescribers face a range of ethical dilemmas in their everyday practice. In this article, the principles-based approach to biomedical ethics developed by Beauchamp and Childress is outlined, with a particular focus on ‘respect for autonomy’. It is argued that the purpose of ethical reflection is to deepen and enrich more general reflection about clinical practice, rather than to provide definitive answers to dilemmas in prescribing.