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On becoming effective in taking ethical action *
Author(s) -
JOHNS CHRISTOPHER
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1993.tb00183.x
Subject(s) - action (physics) , humanism , engineering ethics , reflection (computer programming) , ideology , work (physics) , psychology , nursing practice , nursing , sociology , medicine , political science , computer science , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , politics , law , programming language , mechanical engineering
Summary• As nursing strives to embrace the ideology of humanism in practice, learnt ways of dealing with the ethical dimensions of practice become increasingly problematic as a framework for guiding ethical action. • This paper shares how effective ethical actions can be learnt through guided reflection, using the shared experiences of a primary nurse as an illustration. • These experiences are part of an ongoing research study that involves the author working with practitioners to enable them to become effective in defined work.