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Nursing students’ response to a case study in ethics
Author(s) -
Davis Anne J.,
Ota Katsumasa,
Suzuki Mariko,
Maeda Jukai
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2018.1999.00001.x
Subject(s) - nursing , clinical ethics , psychology , nurse educator , ethical issues , medicine , nurse education , medical education , engineering ethics , engineering
This paper describes the responses of undergraduate nursing students to an ethical clinical case study. Students in a baccalaureate program were given a case study before a lecture on ethical principles and the same case study after this lecture. These responses raise questions about the content of nursing ethics classes in Japan. The place of individual patient rights and the role of the family in a situation of non‐disclosure about diagnosis and prognosis were major issues for the students. The responses reveal the problem of the ‘nurse‐in‐the‐middle’ between the patient and others whose values differ. Students’ post‐lecture responses emphasized communication among the people involved.