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Sunday, November 22, 2009

From means to ends: artificial nutrition and hydration.

29 Nov 2009 The withdrawal, withholding, or implementation of life-sustaining treatments such as artificial nutrition and hydration challenge nurses on a daily basis. To meet these challenges, nurses need the composite skills of moral and ethical discernment, ... Read more...

Perspectives on transcultural care.

29 Nov 2009 Culture has been defined as the thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. A culture of nursing refers to the learned and transmitted lifeways, values, symbols, ... Read more...

Science, technology, and innovation: nursing responsibilities in clinical research.

29 Nov 2009 Clinical research is a systematic investigation of human biology, health, or illness involving human beings. It builds on laboratory and animal studies and often involves clinical trials, which are specifically designed to test the safety and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Codes of Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• From means to ends: artificial nutrition and hydration. 29 Nov 2009
• Perspectives on transcultural care. 29 Nov 2009
• Science, technology, and innovation: nursing responsibilities in clinical research. 29 Nov 2009
• Nursing advocacy in a postgenomic age. 29 Nov 2009
• Moral accountability and integrity in nursing practice. 29 Nov 2009
• Personal conscience and the problem of moral certitude. 29 Nov 2009
• [Effects of the Internet on the dissemination of medical information: some thoughts on applied ethics] 17 Sep 2009
• Cancer patients' perceptions of the good nurse: a literature review. 30 Aug 2009
• Legal controls of the medical profession. 30 Aug 2009
• The role of nursing in the management of unintended pregnancy. 30 Aug 2009
• Should family physicians treat themselves or not?: No. 30 Jul 2009
• Should family physicians treat themselves or not?: Yes. 30 Jul 2009
• Should doctors treat themselves or not? 30 Jul 2009
• Specialists who demand an exclusive referral policy. 30 Jul 2009
• ILCA Board response to Letter to JHL Editor re: Medela advertising. 30 Jul 2009
• WHO Codes. 30 Jul 2009
• American Dietetic Association/Commission on Dietetic Registration code of ethics for the profession of dietetics and process for consideration of ethics issues. 30 Jul 2009
• Learning from the past: medicine and the Holocaust. 9 Jul 2009
• Smarter regulations: commentary on "Responsible conduct by life scientists in an age of terrorism". 8 Jul 2009
• An audit of health products advertised for sale on chiropractic Web sites in Canada and consideration of these practices in the context of Canadian chiropractic codes of ethics and conduct. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Codes of Ethics'

Definition: Systematic statements of principles or rules of appropriate professional conduct, usually established by professional societies.

Descriptor UI: D032781

Alternative terms: Codes of Ethics; Ethics Code; Ethics Codes; Code of Ethics; Ethical Codes; Code, Ethical; Codes, Ethical; Ethical Code; Ethical Directives; Directive, Ethical; Directives, Ethical; Ethical Directive; Ethical Oaths; Ethical Oath; Oath, Ethical; Oaths, Ethical; Codes of Professional Ethics; Ethics Code, Professional; Ethics Codes, Professional; Professional Ethics Code; Professional Ethics Codes;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history; legislation & jurisprudence; trends;

Tree Number: K01.316.080; N04.761.700.350.324; N05.350.340.080; N05.700.350.324;

History Note: 2003; use ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL 1991-2001

Technical Notes: if text of code and issuing organization are present, index also GUIDELINE (PT)