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PubMed1991

Nursing diagnosis: an ethical analysis.

The ethical consequences of nursing diagnosis in light of the principle "to do no harm" have not been adequately explored. It is proposed that human suffering is created through nursing actions that objectively judge and reduce human beings and their complex relationships with the world. The ethical dimensions for nurses required to participate in the diagnostic process are clarified and three levels of potential harm for individuals with parallel ethical conflicts for nurses are described. National nursing associations and accrediting agencies are challenged to consider the paternalistic underpinnings of the diagnostic process and the ethical outcomes of mandating only one approach in practice. Parse's humanistic theory of nursing is presented as one scientific approach which upholds the duty "to do no harm."

Beneficence↗
PubMed1989

Abandonment of patients by home health nursing agencies: an ethical analysis of the dilemma.

Home health care nurses are facing the ethical dilemma of discontinuing care to nonpaying needy patients or facing agency economic demise. Nurses perceive discontinuing care under such circumstances as patient abandonment. Ethical analysis of the dilemma yields two conclusions: (1) discontinuing care under non-life-threatening circumstances is not abandonment and does not violate the duty of beneficence, and (2) nurses do have an obligation to inform society of such instances so that public policy decision makers can be armed with that information when making allocation decisions.

Ethics, Nursing↗
PubMed1988

Age as a basis for allocating lifesaving medical resources: an ethical analysis.

In light of the growing prominence of an age criterion in patient selection, it is essential to scrutinize the ethical legitimacy of arguments being offered both for and against using age as a criterion. Accordingly, the present study first explores the primary justifications for an age criterion, then examines the criterion's weaknesses. Weaknesses are grouped into two areas: deficiencies in the justifications of the criterion, and overarching critiques. Finally, a way forward in the midst of the present controversy is suggested. The study's conclusion is that an age criterion per se is unjustified, though age may play a carefully defined role in medical assessments relevant to patient selection.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1991

An ethical analysis of physical therapists' duty to treat persons who have AIDS: homosexual patients as a test case.

A possible abrogation of the health professional's usual duty to treat sometimes is suggested in regard to patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The issue first arose and continues to be discussed in regard to those patients who have contracted AIDS through homosexual encounters, though there are now additional populations of patients with AIDS to whom the issue is being directed as well. We examine three lines of reasoning that may be advanced to support this view: the argument from morality, the argument from responsibility, and the argument from the alleged danger to others. We show logical and ethical shortcomings in each view and suggest how the physical therapist's duty to treat all patients who have AIDS can be realized in a safe and supportive environment.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗