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Nursing ethics.

Abstract

This paper begins by answering a question recently posed by Hunt 'What is nursing ethics?'. Then, a distinction is drawn between principle-based and principle-invoking approaches to nursing ethics. Following an outline of both principle-invoking and care-based approaches, it is proposed that the two approaches may fruitfully be combined in the teaching of nursing ethics.

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S Edwards. 1994. Nursing ethics.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0260-6917(94)90116-3

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