The evolution of ethics for community practice.

Full Abstract

Defining the community as client or partner requires a different ethical approach, an approach focused on the aggregate, community, or societal level. A discussion of rule ethics, virtue ethics, and feminist ethics transports the community practitioner beyond traditional ethical principles to consider a more contemporary ethical foundation for public health and community practice. Inclusion, diversity, participation, empowerment, social justice, advocacy, and interdependence create an evolving ethical foundation to support community practice. Collaboration among health care professionals and members of the organizations, communities, and societies in which they practice will facilitate the further development of moral thought and ethical theory to underpin community practice.

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Author information

Author/s: Racher, Frances E (FE);

Affiliation: Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. racher(-atsign-)brandonu.ca

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Journal of community health nursing (J Community Health Nurs), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-; vol 24 (issue 1) : pp 65-76

Dates: Created 2007/02/01; Completed 2007/04/13;

PMID: 17266406, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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